English · Idiom Candidate

streets ahead

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Much better or more advanced than someone or something else

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

đứng đầu hoặc vượt trội so với người hoặc thứ khác

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Literally: physical distance on streets

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

YET in the ratings they are streets ahead of the new teeny heroines.

That might sound a little over the top, but the truth is that Quakers were streets ahead of Shrewsbury, and could well have surpassed the four goals which Hartlepool scored on their visit to Gay Meadow.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “streets ahead” mean?

Much better or more advanced than someone or something else Literally: physical distance on streets

Is “streets ahead” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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