one step ahead | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)maintaininga slightadvantage;continuingtoleadSynonym:one jump ahead2007,Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 2:Chalaza: Okay, Thursday night, it's mailroom Monday, we just got our new shipment.Xavier (Vernon Chatman): What do you do if the cops come knocking?Chalaza: We toilet-flush the drugs.Xavier: Let's stay one step ahead of the cops, flush them now.Chalaza: I like,one step aheadof the policia.2011January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, inBBC‎[1]:Wilshere had another shot saved low down by Hart as City struggled to keep up with Arsenal's flowing forward play, the home team always appeared to beone step aheadas City boss Roberto Mancini showed his annoyance by remonstrating with his players on the touchline.

Examples:

EN: Everybody who does just one step ahead will be shot!
ES: Todos los que den un paso adelante serán fusilados.
EN: I'm one step ahead of my shadow
ES: Estoy a un paso delante de mi sombra
EN: So you're one step ahead of him!
ES: ¡Así que vas un paso por delante de él!
EN: I know all the angles, and I think I'm smart enough to keep one step ahead of them till I get enough to pack it all in and live on easy street the rest of my life.
ES: Conozco los trucos y sé ubicarme un paso adelante de ellos hasta conseguir lo suficiente para vivir bien por el resto de mi vida.
EN: You always seem to be one step ahead of me.
ES: Siempre he vivido a remolque de alguien. Así que ahora será contigo.
EN: Oh, he's always one step ahead of me.
ES: siempre un paso por delante mío.
EN: Why is he always one step ahead of me?
ES: ¿Por qué es que siempre un paso por delante de mí?
EN: I'm one step ahead of him.
ES: Estoy un paso adelante.
EN: The son is one step ahead of his father!
ES: ¡Este muchacho està un paso màs adelantado que su padre!
EN: Gentlemen, let's face it. This guy's one step ahead of us, all the way.
ES: Va un paso por delante de nosotros.
EN: Basil, I've been one step ahead of you since you boarded at Karachi.
ES: Basil, desde Karachi siempre te he llevado la delantera.
EN: Go at any cost, if you can make at least one step ahead.
ES: Muévete a cualquier costa, si tú puedes echar al menos un píe hacia adelante.
EN: If so, I'm one step ahead.
ES: Y si sospecha, siempre le aventajo.
EN: By keeping one step ahead of chance.
ES: Estando un paso por delante del destino.
EN: Always one step ahead.
ES: Siempre un paso por delante.

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