shoot ahead of

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When reporters asked Kerry and Zarif about Yemen during a brief photo shoot ahead of the talks, both men declined to answer.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2015

It is well known that the largest fishes will, with the greatest ease, overtake a ship in full sail, play round it without effort, and shoot ahead of it at pleasure.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Sir Harry then ordered the helm to be put ‘hard a port,’ which caused the ship to shoot ahead of the Inflexible and clear of her.

From The Ferryman of Brill and other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Nancy tried to shoot ahead of her two classmates again.

From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Marlowe, Amy Bell

Sir Harry then ordered the helm to be put hard a-port, which caused the ship to shoot ahead of the Inflexible.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles