head start
noun [ S ]
ukusan advantage that a person or company has compared to other people or companies:
Larger banks have more capital and thus a big head start.
a significant/huge/massive head start
a head start on sb/sth India has a head start on other economies, with a private sector that is bursting with energy and inventiveness.
a head start over sb/sth Government research subsidies gave US hi-tech firms a head start over competitors in the rest of the world.