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get a jump on someone/something
idiommainly USinformal
to start doing something before other people start, or before something happens, in order to win an advantage for yourself: 抢在…之前，比…占先
I like to leave work early on Fridays so I can get a jump on the traffic.我喜欢星期五早下班，以便赶在交通高峰之前回去。
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get a jump on someone/something | American Dictionary
get a jump on someone/something
idiom(alsoget the jump on someone/something)
to get an advantage over other people by doing something before they do:
The company is trying to get a jump on their competitors by putting a lot of money into research.
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