be one step ahead
be one step ahead
To outmaneuver or evade someone or something. That crook hasn't been arrested yet because he's always one step ahead of the cops. I've been working extra hard so that I'm one step ahead of the new girl threatening to take my job. Our competitors will always be trying to overtake us in the market, so we just have to make sure we're one step ahead.
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