ahead of the game

[ahead of the game] {adv. or adj. phr.}, {informal}

1. In a position of advantage; winning (as in a game or contest); ahead (as by making money or profit); making it easier to win or succeed.

/The time you spend studying when you are in school will put you ahead of the game in college./

/After Tom sold his papers, he was $5 ahead of the game./

2. Early; too soon; beforehand.

/When Ralph came to school an hour early, the janitor said, "You're ahead of the game."/

/John studies his lessons only one day early; if he gets too far ahead of the game, he forgets what he read./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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