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have sth going for you
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› If someone or something has something going for them, that thing causes them to have a lot of advantages and to be successful: They've got a happy marriage, brilliant careers, wonderful kids - in fact they've got everything going for them.Advantage and disadvantage
(Definition of have sth going for you from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Advantage and disadvantage
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
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