stay one jump ahead

stay one jump ahead
   If you stay one jump ahead, you keep an advantage over others by making sure you are better informed or taking action before they do.
   

He is a successful journalist because he always stays one jump ahead of the others.


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  • be one jump ahead (of someone) — be/stay/one jump ahead (of someone) phrase to do something before someone else or more successfully than someone else He always seems to be one jump ahead of me. Thesaurus: to do something before someone elsesynonym Main entry: jump …   Useful english dictionary

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