lead the field

lead the field
1. if you lead the field in a race or a sports event, you are better than all the people competing against you and are likely to win.

At the end of the second day's play, Ballasteros is leading the field.

2. if you lead the field in an activity or business, you are more successful than anyone else.

There are some areas of medical research where Russian scientists still lead the field.


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  • Return to the Field (rhapsody) — Return to the Field (歸田賦) is a Chinese rhapsody written in the fu style by Zhang Heng (AD 78 ndash;139), an official, inventor, mathematician, and astronomer of the Han Dynasty (202 BC ndash;220 AD) in China. Background Return to the Field was… …   Wikipedia

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