"get ahead" in German to get ahead vorwärts kommen vorwärtskommen weiterkommen Detailed translations for "get ahead" to get ahead to get ahead(also: to make progress, to get on) vorwärts kommen to get ahead(also: to make progress, to get on) vorwärtskommen to get ahead(also: to make progress, to make headway, to get on, to get further) weiterkommen{intransitive verb} We've gotta get ahead of this guy. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Wir haben musst weiterkommen von diesem Kerl.