hold the field
lead the field
lead the pack
be ahead of the pack
be leading the pack

In any event, the Union held the field at the action's conclusion.

The police soon reached the bridge, taking and holding the field side.

Of course, such a belief could not hold the field forever.

So far, the opponents have clearly held the field in the Legislature.

The Country held the field of one's attention those strenuous days.

He turned his face from her, staring at the side of the tent that held the field hospital.

He began studying painting in the 1940's, when abstraction held the field.

While he held the field glasses to his face, I scanned our perimeter again.

From the winding road around west to the lake again, the human forces of Yambu held the field.

While the allies held the field of battle, both sides suffered significant casualties.

For long minutes, the skill and sheer desperation of the defending line held the field.

Normal matter also holds the fields that make it.

We held the field from half past eleven in the morning until three o'clock in the day.

When they came together, it would be in the old way, fighting in pairs until the last ones left standing held the field.

Nobody in the town or Robert's army was aware that a mile behind them the French held the field.

It does not help that classical music clings to its traditions, which, like this one, can hold the field back in the 21st century.

But Bragg, left holding the field, actually took greater losses, with more than 2,300 killed in battle and a total of some 18,000 casualties.

"They learned to feint and hold the fields against us by bitter experience.

The Confederates claimed a tactical victory as well because they held the field after the battle.

Following the battle, the Confederates held the field and were therefore responsible for burying the dead.

Instead of holding the field within it, completely enclosed, the big one will affect all the space about it.

Does the robot theory still hold the field?

Although Price enjoyed Missouri victories, he did not have the popular support to hold the field.

Though the men faced miserable conditions, they were confident they could hold the field the next day.

The desire to hold the field against the enemy made him seize every means of procuring new allies.