单词 | to catch, have, hold, take at vantage |
释义 | > as lemmasto catch, have, hold, take (one) at (†a or †the) vantage a. With personal object, as to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (†a or †the) vantage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 c1510 Gesta Romanorum (de Worde) A ij At the last she had hym at a vauntage agayne, ande was afore hym. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 156 b You haue taken me at a vauntage. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii7v Me seely wretch she so at vauntage caught. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax Prol. sig. B4v He will take a weake man at the vauntage. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 123 In this sort of warfare their loss was generally greater than that of the natives, who on such occasions had them at vantage. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 89 Complement of human kind, Having us at vantage still. < as lemmas |
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