advantage of someone

advantage of someone
*the advantage of someone & *the advantage oversomeone & *an advantage over someone & *the advantage over someone & *the edge on someone & *the edge over someone
a position superior to that of someone else; a status wherein one controls or has superiority or authority over someone else. (*Typically: get \advantage of someone; give someone \advantage of someone; have \advantage of someone.) •

She'd gotten an advantage over me at the start of the competition.

I got an edge on Sally, too, and she came in second.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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