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Phrase(s): *the advantage of someone [and] *the advantage over someone; *an advantage over someone; *the advantage over someone; *the edge on someone; *the edge over someone
a position superior to that of someone else; a status wherein one controls or has superiority or authority over someone else. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~; have ~.) • She’d gotten an advantage over me at the start of the competition. • I got an edge on Sally, too, and she came in second.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs