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  1. have the drop on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. have the drop on: Dictionary.com
  3. have the drop on: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (have the drop on)

▸ verb:  (transitive, informal, by extension) To possess an advantage over another person, by acting before that person.

Similar:
get the drop on, get over on, have the best of it, get the bulge on, get the better of, get one up on, take at advantage, put the dead wood on, outflank, gain, more...

Opposite:
be caught off guard, be surprised, be ambushed, be taken aback

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Similar:
get the drop on, get over on, have the best of it, get the bulge on, get the better of, get one up on, take at advantage, put the dead wood on, outflank, gain, more...

Opposite:
be caught off guard, be surprised, be ambushed, be taken aback



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