Usually means: Achieve advantage or improvement over.
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  1. gain on: Merriam-Webster
  2. gain on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gain on: Wiktionary
  4. gain on: Dictionary.com
  5. gain on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. gain on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gain on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gain on)

▸ verb:  To encroach on.
▸ verb:  To obtain influence with.
▸ verb:  To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest.
▸ verb:  To get the better of; to have the advantage of.

Similar:
move in on, entrench, gain, invade, take over, come up with, overnim, issue, conquer, gather, more...

Opposite:
lose, decrease, diminish, reduce

Phrases:
to gain on, gain ground on, gain upper hand on enemy, gain insight on, more...

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Similar:
move in on, entrench, gain, invade, take over, come up with, overnim, issue, conquer, gather, more...

Opposite:
lose, decrease, diminish, reduce

Phrases:
to gain on, gain ground on, gain upper hand on enemy, gain insight on, more...



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