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shoot ahead of

[shoot ahead of] or [past] or [through] or [alongside of] {v. phr.}

To move or drive ahead rapidly.

/As we had to slow down before the tunnel, a red sports car shot ahead of us./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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