in the lead en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪnðəˈliːd/
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic) in first place in a contest, or parade.
Again we managed to pull ahead a bit each time we came together and by the first mark we rounded several boatslengths in the lead.
1996, Russell Coutts, as told to Paul Larsen, Russell Coutts: Course to Victory, Hodder Moa Beckett, →ISBN, page 213:
Translations (10)
ca al capdavant (in first place) · pt na liderança (in first place) · es a la cabeza (in first place) · hu vezet (in first place) · hu első helyen (áll) (in first place) · it in testa (in first place) · cmn 领先 (in first place) · pt na frente (in first place) · fr en tête (in first place) · es estar ganando (in first place)