get ahead of Copy link Outline 1. praevĕnio, vēni, ntum, 42. antĕvĕnio, 43. praecurro, 3 • get ahead of, or before: or, get the start of: 1. praevĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4: to g. the start of any one by a shorter route, (aliquem) breviore via pr., Liv. 22, 24, med.: Ov. 2. antĕvĕnio, 4: to g. ahead of any one by long marches, aliquem magnis itineribus a., Sall. Jug. 56, init. 3. praecurro, 3: v. to outrun. Phr.: (Caesar) when he had got ahead on the road to Dyrrachium, praeoccupato itinere ad D., Caes. B. C. 3, 13: v. to anticipate.