Idiom
head start
Meaning
An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I got a head start on my homework this morning.”
“She woke up early to get a head start on the project before the office became busy.”
“By studying the material weeks before the semester began, he gained a significant head start over his classmates who waited until the final week.”
Examples
simple
“I got a head start on my homework this morning.”
contextual
“She woke up early to get a head start on the project before the office became busy.”
complex
“By studying the material weeks before the semester began, he gained a significant head start over his classmates who waited until the final week.”
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