be streets ahead (of someone or something)
be streets ahead (of someone or something)
To be superior by a large margin. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Based on the boss's praise, it sounds like I'm streets ahead of everyone else in the department. My sister's such a talented artist that her work is just streets ahead of the other entries in the competition. This computer system is certainly streets ahead in terms of cost and performance.
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be ˈstreets ahead (of somebody/something)
(British English, informal) be very much better (than somebody/something): Japan is streets ahead of us in computer technology.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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