List of antonyms from "getting a handle on something" to antonyms from "getting back feet"


Discover our 427 antonyms available for the terms "getting a load of, getting about, getting back feet, getting at" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « getting ahead »

  • verb excel, succeed
Example sentences :
  • Hull saw that some new means of getting ahead must be devised.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • We are getting ahead of our narrative, though—days ahead of it.
  • Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • And between Russ and Ruth there was—but there, I am getting ahead of my story.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Can it be some scientist I know nothing of is getting ahead of her?
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • He was getting ahead, not with phenomenal rapidity, but satisfactorily.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart
  • All they did care for was to keep one another from getting ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson
  • School was looked upon as part of the business of getting ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Comings of Cousin Ann » by Emma Speed Sampson
  • They were not getting ahead at all, and Mrs. Tweedie became annoyed.
  • Extract from : « The Morning Glory Club » by George A. Kyle
  • In my eagerness to reach my climax I am getting ahead of my story.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • They may try to pay us back for getting ahead of them as we did on several occasions.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys Afloat » by Clarence Young