salir adelante

Spanish

Verb

salir adelante (first-person singular present salgo adelante, first-person singular preterite salí adelante, past participle salido adelante)

1. to get ahead, to come out ahead, to succeed
2. to pull through, to come through, to get through
3. to get by, to cope, to make ends meet
4. to move on
5. to move forward, to go forward, to move ahead

   Synonym: seguir adelante

See also

• llegar a buen puerto

Further reading

• “salir alguien adelante, o avante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28