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one jump ahead

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  1. Anticipating and prepared for what will happen, as in We have to keep one jump ahead of the opposition, or A clever embezzler, Charles was just one jump ahead of the police. [First half of 1900s] Also see get the jump on.


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An ex-CIA agent and his lover write a book about the agency, one jump ahead of agents sent to stop them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

Since then, whenever the Government has jumped on steel price policies, the industry has been one jump ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Congo may remain just one jump ahead of chaos for some time to come, but Dag Hammarskjold had established there a principle that may help in other African troubles to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

Teachers, many of whom knew less about aviation than their pupils, hastened to bone up to keep one jump ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daisy always seemed to be about one jump ahead of me.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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