(than someone else)

  • 11else — W1S1 [els] adv [: Old English; Origin: elles] 1.) [used after words beginning with some , every , any , and no , and after question words] a) besides or in addition to someone or something ▪ There s something else I d like to talk about as well.… …

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  • 12go over someone's head — To take a problem, complaint, etc directly to a person more senior than someone • • • Main Entry: ↑head * * * go over someone s head : to discuss something with a person who is higher in rank than someone else He went over his supervisor s head… …

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  • 13be one jump ahead (of someone) — be/stay/one jump ahead (of someone) phrase to do something before someone else or more successfully than someone else He always seems to be one jump ahead of me. Thesaurus: to do something before someone elsesynonym Main entry: jump …

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  • 14stay one jump ahead (of someone) — be/stay/one jump ahead (of someone) phrase to do something before someone else or more successfully than someone else He always seems to be one jump ahead of me. Thesaurus: to do something before someone elsesynonym Main entry: jump …

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  • 15go one better (than) — phrase to do something better than someone else has done or better than you have done before Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: go …

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  • 16run rings round someone — phrase to do something much better than someone else She ran rings around all the other kids in her class. Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: run …

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  • 17get the jump on someone — have/get/the jump on someone informal phrase to be in a stronger position than someone else The Japanese, once again, may be embarrassing the US manufacturers by getting the jump on them. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym …

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  • 18be two years someone's junior — be two years/ten years/etc someone’s junior phrase to be younger than someone else by a particular amount Diane is 12 years her husband’s junior. Thesaurus: describing how old someone looks, seems or feelshyponym Main entry: junior …

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  • 19be ten years someone's junior — be two years/ten years/etc someone’s junior phrase to be younger than someone else by a particular amount Diane is 12 years her husband’s junior. Thesaurus: describing how old someone looks, seems or feelshyponym Main entry: junior …

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  • 20lord it over someone — lord it over (someone) to behave as if you are better than someone else and have the right to tell them what to do. She likes to lord it over the more junior staff in the office …

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