ahead

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Originally a sea-term.

Farther onward than another.--Johnson.

This word has now become very common, and signifies forward, in advance.

Our banks, being anxious to make money for their stockholders, are probably right to drive ahead, regardless of consequences, &c.--N. Y. Com. Adv. Nov. 29, 1845.

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Ahead
·adv Headlong; without restraint. II. Ahead ·adv In or to the front; in advance; onward. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
ahead
A term especially referable to any object farther onward, or immediately before the ship, or in the ...

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go ahead
To proceed; to go forward. A seaman's phrase which has got I was tired out and wanted a day to rest...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
go ahead!
or go on! The order to the engineer in a steamer. ...

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heaving ahead
Is the act of advancing or drawing a ship forwards by heaving on a cable or rope made fast to some f...

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turn ahead!
A self-explanatory order to the engineer, in regulating the movement of a steamer. ...

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forge ahead, to
To shoot ahead, as in coming to an anchor a motion or moving forwards. A vessel forges ahead when ho...

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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!) ...

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