Talk:keep ahead
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SOP. 2602:252:D2B:3AA0:3DEF:997D:6268:B6DF 12:26, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- Is the second sense given (“To keep track of new developments in area of study or inquiry; to monitor a situation”) really correct? Can you say, “Good physicians keep ahead” when you mean, “Good physicians keep track of new medical developments”? If so, perhaps this is not truly SoP, but I think one would say (when using the collocation) something more like “Good physicians keep ahead of new medical developments”, in which case the “new developments” aspect should not be part of the definition. Also, how is stay ahead not as much or more SoP than this? Should it be listed too? --Lambiam 13:21, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, and all the other entries created by 2601:14D:C200:3C20:789A:23D2:4002:1BAE (talk). Per utramque cavernam 13:27, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- So let’s forge ahead and get rid of ’em; I look forward to it. --Lambiam 18:46, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- Not all of them, actually. Some of them give me pause, and some of them are found in other dictionaries. Per utramque cavernam 11:13, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- So let’s forge ahead and get rid of ’em; I look forward to it. --Lambiam 18:46, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, and all the other entries created by 2601:14D:C200:3C20:789A:23D2:4002:1BAE (talk). Per utramque cavernam 13:27, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
- I've converted it to a synonym of stay ahead. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:44, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- Delete, SOP; not a phrasal verb. Per utramque cavernam 09:18, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- Delete, SOP. Fay Freak (talk) 20:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
- Keep: present in two idiom dictionaries[1]. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:31, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
- Kept. No consensus.--Jusjih (talk) 23:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
stay ahead[edit]
SOP; not a phrasal verb. You can also keep abreast of recent developments, stay abreast of them, etc. Per utramque cavernam 09:18, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- Delete. --Lambiam 17:40, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- Delete both - Sonofcawdrey (talk) 16:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
- Delete, SOP. Fay Freak (talk) 20:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
- Deleted.--Jusjih (talk) 23:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)