Sentence examples for hands ahead from inspiring English sources
On the final stroke, Phelps got his hands ahead of Crocker's.
Many are sitting on their hands ahead of the G20 summit that gets underway today.
The pair shook hands ahead of the talks on Tuesday afternoon.
He led the entire way in the 200 butterfly until the final inch, when Chad le Clos of South Africa got his hands ahead and won.
More broadly traders are sitting on their hands ahead of this week's US Federal Reserve meeting, with the central bank widely expected to maintain its $85bn a month bond buying programme.
The world athletics task force that holds the fate of Russia's track and field athletes in its hands ahead of the Rio Olympics has said new doping allegations that implicate the sports minister Vitaly Mutko are a "grave concern" and will be investigated as a "matter of urgency".
Now the club are a point and a game-in-hand ahead of Orlando City.
Considering their grasp of the whip hand ahead of the I.P.O., there's a good chance they'll get it.
Suárez refused to shake Evra's hand ahead of the match, an act for which he subsequently apologised.
Cesaro entered the ring and was joined by Kidd as the two looked to get the upper hand ahead of their title defence against New Day on Sunday.
The aim was probably to strengthen North Korea's hand ahead of a round of six-way talks (to include South Korea, Japan and Russia) that China hopes to convene next month.
