steal a march
11steal a march on — {v. phr.} To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. * /The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning./ * /Jack got the job by getting up earlier than Bill. He stole a… …
12steal a march on — {v. phr.} To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. * /The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning./ * /Jack got the job by getting up earlier than Bill. He stole a… …
13steal\ a\ march\ on — v. phr. To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning. Jack got the job by getting up earlier than Bill. He stole a march on… …
14steal a march on — gain an advantage over by taking early action. → steal …
15steal a march — verb To start early. They stole a march by taking non merchandise inventory on January 2 …
16To steal a march — Steal Steal (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); p. p. {Stolen} (st[=o] l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stealing}.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[ a]la, Dan. sti[ae]le, Goth.… …
17steal a march on — phrasal to gain an advantage on unobserved …
18steal a march — Meaning Gain an advantage over someone. Origin Armies would gain advantage by secretly marching to higher ground …
19steal a march on — idi to gain an advantage over, as by stealth …
20steal a march — phrasal : to gain an advantage unobserved …
