get a jump on sb/sth
mainly US informalDefinition
› to start doing something before other people start, or before something happens, in order to win an advantage for yourself: I like to leave work early on Fridays so I can get a jump on the traffic.Advantage and disadvantage
(Definition of get a jump on sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction noun
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- have sth on your side idiom
- have the inside track idiom
- have the odds/cards stacked against you idiom
- head start noun
- hold all the cards idiom
- lever noun (ADVANTAGE)
- mileage noun (ADVANTAGE)
- minus noun (DISADVANTAGE)
- penalty noun (DISADVANTAGE)
- preference noun
- privilege noun
- privileged adjective
- racing start noun
- saving grace noun
- scent blood idiom
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