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Etymology
From. Compare.

Verb

 * 1)   to get ahead of oneself (prematurely assume how something will turn out)
 * 2)  to get ahead of oneself (relate later events before earlier ones (in a story, account, or the like))

Usage notes
Sporadically of (inappropriately) "getting ahead" of an event in various other senses. is the most common.