10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE THE DROP ON SOMEONE»
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have the drop on someone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
get the drop on someone; have the drop on someone to get, or have, an
advantage over someone. Originally, and still, 'to be quicker drawing a gun than
your opponent' US, 1867 drop verb 1 to swallow, to ingest (a drug). A favourite
word of ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell,
2007
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The Facts
on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
He was later hanged for his crime. dead men don't talk A saying common in the
Wild West, perhaps from the Spanish saying los muertos no hablan with the
same meaning. deadwood (1) To have the drop on someone in a gun fight; to
have ...
... before the campaign started. v yii&mMMtfthi iM^ay^Wzh^n ftj£*§^3£o fc)„ have
the drop on someone fc, J; < $.t>il:i>ikt o ^ □jffiM.&Hfo'f fot/iX'fo&c Graduates of
that university have the drop on their rivals for government jobs. C&cDA^W^HSifi.
John G. McCaleb, 安田一郎, Edward Seidensticker,
1983
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Srpsko-engleski frazeološki rečnik
... prednost nad kime * imati prednost nad kime * siti koga zargon X to get/have
the/an advantage of/over someone * to gain/get/have an/the edge on/over
someone * to get ahead of someone informal * to get/have the drop on someone
coll.
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Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka
... stedi prednost nad klme upor. povoljna pozicija; steci odlucujudu prednost;
uhvatiti prednost; za korak ispred koga; za tri duiine ispred □ to have/gain an
edge over/on someone coll. □ to get/have the drop on someone coll. □ The
President ...
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Errors in English and ways to correct them
Drop me a line. A colloquial and somewhat wordy expression for "write." Drop off.
Colloquial when used to mean "to fall asleep." To have the drop on someone is
also slangy or colloquial. Drug, drugged. Principal parts are drag— dragged— ...
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Dicionário de expressões idiomáticas, inglês-português ...
Have the drop on someone, apontar a arma antecipando-se ao adversário; ter
vantagem sobre; fazer pontaria sobre alguém. Lefs drop that, abandonemos o
caso, esqueçamos isso. DRUG A drug in the market, mercadoria pouco vendàvel
, ...
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The Quintessential Rogue
The Quintessential Rogue examines this new definition of rogues in detail. Weighing in at 128 pages, The Quintessential Rogue is crammed with new options, new rules, and exciting new twists to existing game mechanics.
Michael Mearls, Various, Matthew Sprange,
2002
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Zombie Bitches from Hell
A plague has turned all the world's women into brain-eating zombies.
But there is just one snag. Conversion means death. "Some debuts simply set new bars in a genre. Jeff Somers' THE ELECTRIC CHURCH is one such book, a gritty noir story that challenges and surprises with every page.
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In the second scenario, that grenade was probably a blind lob, and chances are you could spin around and have the drop on someone as that ... «Red Bull, Mar 14»
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This can lead to some frustration especially if you have the drop on someone and they somehow kill you first. Even though the aiming is ... «God is a Geek, Nov 11»