have the drop on

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To possess an advantage over another person, by acting before that person. broadly,informal,transitive
    — They had the drop on us and I had the feeling normally associated with nakedness. But they did not seem keen to take the plunge.

词形变化

has the drop on present,singular,third-person having the drop on participle,present had the drop on participle,past had the drop on past
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