streets ahead (of something)

streets ahead (of something)
ˈstreets ahead (of sb/sth) idiom
(BrE, informal) much better or more advanced than sb/sth else

a country that is streets ahead in the control of environmental pollution

Beth is streets ahead of all the other students in her year.

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