单词 | to have the bulge on |
释义 | > as lemmasto have the bulge on b. figurative. Usually with the: the advantage or upper hand; the superior position; esp. in to have the bulge on: to have the advantage over. slang (originally U.S.). 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 1841 Spirit of Times 18 Dec. 498/3 Kate got the bulge on her at the start. 1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 30 Nov. 4/5 It is in this respect [of field products] that the South has ‘the bulge’ on the North, and will always have it. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 332 Well, you've ruther got the bulge on me. Or maybe we've both got the bulge, somehow. 1892 Idler 1 555 A master can call you an idiot, and you can't call him anything back again; so he has the bulge. 1899 E. W. Hornung Amateur Cracksman 197 We had the bulge before; he has it now. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter xxi. 306 They've got too big a bulge on us. Everything's fixed now to steal the..vote for old Steve Yancey, and that'll settle it. 1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves xv. 120 The Assyrians had the bulge on him. < as lemmas |
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