get+one+up+on+someone

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• get one up on someone — be/get/one up on someone informal phrase to have or get an advantage over someone, usually by being better than they are at something He and his brothers are always trying to get one up on each other. Thesaurus: to be the best or better than… …   Useful english dictionary

• get the jump on someone — have/get/the jump on someone informal phrase to be in a stronger position than someone else The Japanese, once again, may be embarrassing the US manufacturers by getting the jump on them. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• be one up on someone — be/get/one up on someone informal phrase to have or get an advantage over someone, usually by being better than they are at something He and his brothers are always trying to get one up on each other. Thesaurus: to be the best or better than… …   Useful english dictionary

• get one's own back — (informal) HAVE/GET/TAKE ONE S REVENGE (ON), be revenged (on), hit back, get (back at), get even (with), settle accounts (with), repay, pay someone back, give someone their just deserts …   Useful english dictionary

• get one's cards — ► give someone their cards (or get one s cards) Brit. informal dismiss someone (or be dismissed) from employment. Main Entry: ↑card …   English terms dictionary

• get one's knickers in a twist — vb British to become agitated, flustered or over excited. This picturesque vulgarism originated in the late 1950s with a purely sexual sense. Now widely used, it is generally heard in the negative form, exhorting someone to calm down. See also… …   Contemporary slang

• get one’s kicks (from someone or something) — tv. to get pleasure from someone or something. □ Do you get your kicks from this sort of thing? □ I get my kicks from Billy Simpson. What a great entertainer! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• get one’s nose out of joint — tv. to feel slighted by something someone has done; to take offense at something. (See also ut someone’s nose out of joint.) □ You et your nose out of joint too easily about stuff like that. □ Now, don’t get your nose out of joint. She didn’t… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• get one's arse in(to) gear — vb to prepare oneself, get organised and get going. A phrase which appeared in Brit ain and America (with ass) seemingly simultaneously around 1974. It is usually employed as an exhortation to someone who is disorganised or wasting time …   Contemporary slang

• get one down — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make (someone) unhappy; cause low spirits; cause discouragement. * /Low grades are getting Helen down./ * /Three straight losses got the team down./ 2. To swallow; digest. * /The medicine was so bitter I couldn t get… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• get one down — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make (someone) unhappy; cause low spirits; cause discouragement. * /Low grades are getting Helen down./ * /Three straight losses got the team down./ 2. To swallow; digest. * /The medicine was so bitter I couldn t get… …   Dictionary of American idioms