in the lead

Ahead of other competitors or entities (often in a race or game). If we can get in the lead early, I think we'll have a good shot at winning this relay. According to the polls, we're still in in the lead by a large margin.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Lizaveta	-	Russian
CianÁN	-	Irish
Kumara	-	Hinduism
Estelle	es-TEL	English, French
MÜMİNe	-	Turkish