coger la delantera

Spanish

Verb

coger la delantera (first-person singular present cojo la delantera, first-person singular preterite cogí la delantera, past participle cogido la delantera)

1. to take the lead; to overtake

Further reading

• “coger, o ganar, la delantera a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10