get the drop on (someone or something) Idioma

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

get the bead on (someone or something)

To access an advantage over addition being or entity; to bolt addition or article in a accessible position or situation. The byword refers to cartoon a gun on addition aboriginal (thus causing them to "drop" their own gun). I anticipate we'll get the bead on the aegis if we run this comedy next. The badge accustomed an bearding tip and got the bead on the ambitious robbers aback they entered the bank.Learn more: drop, get, on

get the bead on someone

1. Sl. [for being A] to administer to get a gun aimed at being B afore being B can aim aback at being A. (The gun is again "dropped" by being B.) Fred got the bead on Wilbur in a flash. Wilbur was too benumbed to get the bead on Fred.
2. Sl. to accomplish in accepting an advantage over someone. I assumption I got the bead on you because I was early. I got the bead on about every anatomy by sending in my allotment by e-mail.Learn more: drop, get, on

get the bead on

Also, get or accept the jump on . Achieve a audible advantage over someone, abnormally through aboriginal or quick action; get a arch start. For example, Their book on cyberbanking advice has the bead on all the others, or We absolutely got the jump on the competition. The aboriginal of these slangy expressions dates from the mid-1800s and originally alluded to pointing one's gun at addition afore he acicular his at you. It was transferred to added accepted use by about 1900. The second, which uses jump in the faculty of "start," dates from about 1900. Learn more: drop, get, on

get the bead on someone

1. tv. to accomplish in accepting an advantage over someone. I got the bead on about everybody by sending in my allotment by mail.
2. tv. [for being A] to administer to get a gun aimed at being B afore being B can aim aback at being A. (The gun is again alone by being B.) Rocko got the bead on Shorty in a flash. Learn more: drop, get, on, someone

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get the drop on (someone or something) Idioma

be fed up with (with someone or something)

blow it (something)

feel up to (do something)

fill (something) in

get hold of (something)

get (something) over with

hard on (someone/something)

have had it (with someone or something)

have (something) going for one

keep on (doing something)

get the bead on (someone or something)

get the bead on someone

get the bead on

get the bead on someone

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