in the lead

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnðəˈliːd/
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Prepositional phrase

in the lead

  1. (idiomatic) in first place in a contest, or parade.
    • 1996, Russell Coutts, as told to Paul Larsen, Russell Coutts: Course to Victory, Hodder Moa Beckett, →ISBN, page 213:
      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.

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