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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs