Sounds like Danny boy is starting to pull ahead.看来丹尼小子已经遥遥领先了

pull ahead:赶过； 超过

The car pulls ahead as soon as the road is clear.

路上稍一有空，那辆汽车就抢到前面去了。

He would be unable to pull ahead even if he won all of the remaining votes.

即使他赢得了所有剩余的选票,他也不可能胜出。

You are now competing for an elite piece of Hampton's tail,你现在争的可是汉普顿的名媛

compete for:(为 ... )争夺； 竞争

Thirty people had to compete for only ten openings.

三十个人必须只为十个名额来竞争。

The two teams compete for the championship.

那两队都要争当冠军。

常用短语:

compete against (v.+prep.) :与…抗争

Jim competed against the world's best runner in the Games and did well to come third.

在运动会上吉姆与世界最佳赛跑运动员竞争,他成绩不错,得了第三名。

compete with (v.+prep.) :与…抗争

We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't compete with weather.

我们努力使火车准点运行,但我们抗争不过天气。