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IKT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

come out ahead

Hi,

Could anyone please tell me if “come out ahead” is a set phrase or not? And does it mean “stand out”, or “keep ahead”, in this context:

[…]Tom had played cards with us more often and Terry and Bri started teaching me how to play poker. Brian and I lost fortunes back and forth between us, but Terry usually came out ahead -- I still owe him two hundred dollars. (Source: Some Other Rainbow, by Jill Morrell and John McCarthy)

Thank you.
  

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Hi, I think It's an idiom that means: to end up with a profit, benefit, or advantage. Example: I never seem to come out ahead at the end of the month.

— Virginia274

  • Hi, I think It's an idiom that means: to end up with a profit, benefit, or advantage.
  • Example: I never seem to come out ahead at the end of the month.
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Hi,
I think It's an idiom that means:to end up with a profit, benefit, or advantage.
Example:
I never seem to come out ahead at the end of the month.
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Thank you for your explanation, Virginia, and also for the example you gave me. I've understood this idiom now.
Thanks.
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