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get the draw on

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get the draw on someone
Fig. to be faster than one's opponent in a fight. (Alludes originally to an Old West gunfight.) The sheriff got the draw on Arizona Slim and shot him in the arm. Bill's competitor got the draw on him. She was the first one in town to start selling those popular new shoes.
See also: draw, get


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