单词 | to get the goods on |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also have) the goods on b. to get (also have) the goods on: to obtain (or possess) information about (a person) which may be used to the detriment of that person, giving one power or control over him or her; (also occasionally more generally) to have an advantage or superiority over. 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 1903 St. Louis Med. Rev. 47 240/1 So far he has ‘got the goods’ on 65 of them, which means that he has discovered that number practicing without a state certificate. 1913 A. Bennett Regent i. v. 134 You got the goods on her. And she deserved it. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. xiv. 270 I'd been in a ring-seat and had the goods on him same as if I'd taken a snap-shot. 1928 Observer 15 July 18/2 ‘Well, the Old Country sure has the goods on everyone else,’ said one of them [sc. Canadian teachers]. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) xiii. 263 He had a sudden inkling that they would have liked to get the goods on Mulcahy. 1984 D. Koontz Darkfall i. i. 40 We figured if we could get the goods on him, get enough evidence to guarantee him a prison term, he'd crack and cooperate rather than do hard time. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) vii. 283 Would he want someone floating around in the small world of magazine publishing who had the goods on him? 2009 N.Y. Mag. 23 Feb. 133/1 At one point, the hero is this close to getting the goods on the big bad banker. < as lemmas |
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