DuckCorp Dico

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1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   
   ** English
   
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    1. [en]  To move  into a winning  position  (e.g. in a race  or competition ).
    2. * {{ quote-av | en | author=Drachinifel | title=
   Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron|date=1 December
   2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiSekII0sjw|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129115918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiSekII0sjw|archivedate=29
   November 2024|accessdate=4 January 2025|time=7:26|text=The 1833 Slavery
   Abolition Act had abolished slavery _completely_ in the British Empire, and
   this, along with the fact that the Empire's military and economic might was
   beginning to PULL even _further_ AHEAD of other nations', thanks in part to
   the Industrial Revolution, saw the squadron expand to around twenty-five ships
   (regularly having to be swapped out because of the high incidence of tropical
   disease)[...]}}