- get the drop on
- Australian Slangget or have at a disadvantage
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get the drop on
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get the drop on one — (US) 1. To be ready to shoot first 2. Hence to have at a disadvantage • • • Main Entry: ↑drop … Useful english dictionary
get the drop on someone — 1. tv. to succeed in getting an advantage over someone. □ I guess I got the drop on you because I was early. □ I got the drop on almost everybody by sending in my registration by mail. 2. tv. [for person A] to manage to get a gun aimed at person… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get the drop on — verb To obtain an advantage over by being ready to act before. He got the drop on them and took three of them out before they could fire a shot. Syn: get the jump on, beat to the punch … Wiktionary
get the drop on — be quicker to start, get the jump on Stu s very quick. In faceoffs, he gets the drop on his opponents … English idioms
Get the drop on — get or have at a disadvantage … Dictionary of Australian slang
The Drop-In — Infobox Television episode Title = The Drop In Series = The West Wing Caption = Season = 2 Episode = 34 Airdate = January 242001 Production = 226212 Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Lawrence O Donnell Jr. (story) Director = Lou Antonio Guests =… … Wikipedia
get or have the drop on — idi get or have the drop on a) to aim and be ready to shoot a gun at (an antagonist) before the other person s gun can be drawn b) to get or have at a disadvantage … From formal English to slang
Have the drop on — get or have at a disadvantage … Dictionary of Australian slang
drop — [dräp] n. [ME drope < OE dropa, akin to ON drūpa, DROOP, Ger triefen: for IE base see DRIP] 1. a small quantity of liquid that is somewhat spherical, as when falling 2. a very small quantity of liquid 3. [pl.] liquid medicine taken or applied… … English World dictionary
To get the higher upper hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
