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)

They smile at the exertion necessary to keep up, and falling in with their spirit of amusement, I gradually increase my speed, and finally shoot ahead of them entirely.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

You'll shoot ahead of all your old friends, my boy, some day.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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