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a head start
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an advantage that helps you to do better than others from the beginning
Use 'on' or 'over' before the people you are ahead of: 'a head start on the others'.
In context
Children who read at home get a head start when they begin school.
Taking an IELTS course in summer gave me a head start on my classmates.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity