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Christina Quynh
2021-03-23 06:03
Get the jump on someone/something American idiom phrase
To gain an advantage over someone by doing something before them
The company got the jump on their competitors by launching a massive marketing campaign last week.
The local people have prepared food and clothes in order to get the jump on the coming storm.
He is trying to get the jump on his colleagues by working hard everyday to complete the project.
There can be good aspects that exist in a bad situation.
To lose the skill or advantage one used to have in the past
To be in a better position than your opponent; to be in an aggressive or offensive condition or position
Something that is the potential to earn a lot of money.
The verb "get" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.
