(idiomatic, chiefly, UK) To have a leading or influential position in a field or activity; to be more active than others.
He added: "In this period if you looked at the western world and asked who is making the running, from the point of view of modern society and particularly in terms of liberty, it would be Britain and we forget that. Britain is absolutel…
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