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1 to get the upper hand
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2 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) gūt virsrokuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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3 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) gūt virsrokuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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4 have/get/gain the upper hand
(to (begin to) win, beat the enemy etc: The enemy made a fierce attack but failed to get the upper hand.) gūt virsroku -
5 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) augšējais; virsējais2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) (apava) virsa3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) pirmām kārtām; visaugstāk- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand* * *virsa; getras; stimulants, narkotika; augstākais, augšējais, virsējais -
6 hand
[hænd] 1. noun1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) roka; plauksta2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) [] rādītājs3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) Visi uz klāja!4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) palīdzēt5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) kārtis (spēlmaņa rokās)6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) plauksta (kā mērvienība)7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rokraksts2. verb(often with back, down, up etc)1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) padot; pasniegt2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) nodot (citam)•- handful- handbag
- handbill
- handbook
- handbrake
- handcuff
- handcuffs
- hand-lens
- handmade
- hand-operated
- hand-out
- hand-picked
- handshake
- handstand
- handwriting
- handwritten
- at hand
- at the hands of
- be hand in glove with someone
- be hand in glove
- by hand
- fall into the hands of someone
- fall into the hands
- force someone's hand
- get one's hands on
- give/lend a helping hand
- hand down
- hand in
- hand in hand
- hand on
- hand out
- hand-out
- handout
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hands down
- hands off!
- hands-on
- hands up!
- hand to hand
- have a hand in something
- have a hand in
- have/get/gain the upper hand
- hold hands with someone
- hold hands
- in good hands
- in hand
- in the hands of
- keep one's hand in
- off one's hands
- on hand
- on the one hand... on the other hand
-... on the other hand
- out of hand
- shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
- shake hands with / shake someone's hand
- a show of hands
- take in hand
- to hand* * *plauksta, roka; priekšķepa, priekškāja; rādītājs; spārns; rokraksts; kārtis, partija; plauksta; strādnieks; matrozis, komanda; stingra roka, vara; palīdzība, atbalsts; lietpratējs, meistars; izpildītājs, autors; paraksts; aplausi; padot, pasniegt; satīt
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