gain+the+advantage
1gain the advantage — index prevail (triumph) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2gain the edge on — gain the advantage over; surpass …
3gain an advantage — gain ground on the competition, distance oneself from (as in a race); get a leg up, have the upper hand …
4gain the upper hand — gain, get, have, etc. the ˌupper ˈhand idiom to get an advantage over sb so that you are in control of a particular situation Main entry: ↑upperidiom …
5To have the advantage of — Advantage Ad*van tage (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See {Advance}, and cf. {Vantage}.] 1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;… …
6To gain the wind — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …
7gain the upper hand — win; acquire an advantage …
8The Scissors — is an aerial dog fighting maneuver, commonly used by military fighter pilots before the advent of high thrust to weight fighters (which allow for extended maneuvering in the vertical plane) in the late 1950s to mid 1960s and later, and before the …
9have (or gain) the upper hand — have (or gain) an advantage or control. → upper …
10the early bird catches the worm — ► the early bird catches the worm proverb the person who takes the earliest opportunity to do something will gain the advantage over others. Main Entry: ↑early …
