Talk:come out ahead

RFD discussion: December 2018–March 2020
I think this is SOP: +. It's just a common collocation. You can also , which looks more or less synonymous; or. Per utramque cavernam 09:18, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. I think (in case this doesn’t get deleted) that the def conflates two distinct sense, both of them SOP. First, you can come out ahead of where you started – you made a profit; never mind how others did – maybe there even aren’t any. Second, you can come out ahead of everyone else – maybe you suffered a net loss, like everyone else, but still, you did better than the rest. --Lambiam 17:47, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * A person can also come out on top. John Cross (talk) 06:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeed, thanks. +  Per utramque cavernam 11:53, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete SOP - Sonofcawdrey (talk) 16:08, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. Fay Freak (talk) 20:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: present in three idiom dictionaries. Note that this is not strictly per WT:LEMMING since that only allows general dictionaries. I would not know how to obtain the meaning from come out and ahead. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:28, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dan Polansky. I think there is a gloss here where it applies to a silver lining coming from what could be expected to be a bad situation. bd2412 T 03:56, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Failed - TheDaveRoss  15:15, 29 March 2020 (UTC)