go ahead (of someone or something)

go ahead (of someone or something)
go ahead (of someone or something)
to get in front of and proceed someone or something. •

Please let me go ahead of you.

The car carrying the parade marshall went ahead of the others.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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