get the advantage of

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1. Also,. Be in a superior position to, as in He had the advantage over me, since I couldn't even remember his name, let alone his position. [Mid-1500s] Also see get the better of; get the drop on.

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get the advantage of

Either way, a team with a cooked bullpen and a sore-handed star catcher and all kinds of uncertainty surrounding their rotation won’t get the advantage of a much-needed rest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

But the Vietnamese passengers pay three or four times more money to the gangs handling the crossing routes, he told us, “so we get the advantage of being given a place more quickly”.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024

“When you’re playing one of the best teams in the country, you get the advantage of seeing exactly where you’re at,” Malzahn said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2019

Sycamore wants Aéropostale to pick a lead bankruptcy auction bidder by July 1 so buyers, possibly including liquidators, get the advantage of taking over when students hit the stores for their fall wardrobes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2016

He ran up the hill, circling around to get the advantage of the slope between him and his opponent.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer