have one up on (someone or something)

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have one up on (someone or something)

To have an advantage over someone or something. I hope I have one up on the competition with my extensive student teaching experience.

be/get/have one ˈup on somebody

(informal) be in a better position than somebody; have an advantage over somebody: Why do you always have to be one up on everybody else? ▶ one-ˈupmanship noun (disapproving) the skill of getting an advantage over other people

See also: get, have, on, one, somebody, up

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have the inside track
inside track
inside track, the
the inside track
have the bulge on
have the bulge on (someone or something)
get the bulge on (someone or something)
have the wood on
have the wood on (someone or something)
be one up on (someone or something)

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have nothing to do
have nothing to do with
have nothing to do with (someone or something)
have nothing to say for (oneself)
have occasion to (do something)
have occasion to do something
have on
have on file
have on hands
have on mind
have on one
have on the ball
have on the string
have one eye on (someone or something)
have one eye/half an eye on something
have one foot in the grave
have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel
have one foot on a banana peel
have one foot out the door
have one for the road
have one for the worms
have one in the oven
have one over (the) eight
have one too many
have one up on (someone or something)
have one up on one
have one's ass in a crack
have one's ass in a sling
have one's brain on a leash
have one's day
have one's druthers
have one's eye on
have one's hands full
have one's hands full, to
have one's head screwed on right
have one's mind in the gutter
have one's moments
have one's nose wide open
have one's way with
have one's wits about one
have one's wits about one, to
have one's work cut out for one
have oneself
have other cats to whip
have other fish to fry
have other/bigger fish to fry
have out
have over
have passed (someone's or something's) sell-by date
have passed your sell-by date
have people rolling in the aisles
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have one on mind
have one on side
have one on speed dial
have one on the brain
have one on the run
have one on the string
have one on toast
have one over
have one over (the) eight
have one over a barrel
have one over eight
have one over for
have one over the eight
have one pegged as
have one rolling in the aisles
have one slated for
have one slated for something
have one taped
have one to thank
have one too many
have one track minds
have one under close scrutiny
have one under intense scrutiny
have one under scrutiny
have one up on
have one up on (someone or something)
have one up on (someone)
have one up on her
have one up on him
have one up on me
have one up on one
have one up on somebody
have one up on someone
have one up on them
have one up on us
have one up on you
have one written all over it
have one's (own) way
have one's act together
have one's back
have one's back against the wall
have one's back to the wall
have one's back to the wall
have one's back to the wall
have one's back to the wall
have one's back to the wall
have one's back up
have one's beady eye on
have one's beady eye on one
have one's bearings
have one's best interest at heart
have one's best interests at heart
have one's blood up
have one's brain on a leash
have one's bread buttered on both sides
have one's cake and eat it
Have one's cake and eat it too
have one's cake and eat it, too
have one's collar felt
have one's collar touched
have one's cross to bear
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