gain an edge

gain an edge
get/gain/have an edge (over/on sb/sth)
to get or have an advantage in a particular situation: »

Internet banks may have the edge over their old-technology rivals when it comes to charges and rates, but they are not immune from complaints.

Main Entry: edge

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • gain the edge on — gain the advantage over; surpass …   English contemporary dictionary

  • gain an edge on sb — get/gain/have an edge (over/on sb/sth) ► to get or have an advantage in a particular situation: »Internet banks may have the edge over their old technology rivals when it comes to charges and rates, but they are not immune from complaints. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • gain an edge on sth — get/gain/have an edge (over/on sb/sth) ► to get or have an advantage in a particular situation: »Internet banks may have the edge over their old technology rivals when it comes to charges and rates, but they are not immune from complaints. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • gain an edge over sb — get/gain/have an edge (over/on sb/sth) ► to get or have an advantage in a particular situation: »Internet banks may have the edge over their old technology rivals when it comes to charges and rates, but they are not immune from complaints. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • gain an edge over sth — get/gain/have an edge (over/on sb/sth) ► to get or have an advantage in a particular situation: »Internet banks may have the edge over their old technology rivals when it comes to charges and rates, but they are not immune from complaints. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • Edge and Christian — Edge (left) and Christian (right) Tag team Members …   Wikipedia

  • Gain graph — A gain graph is a graph whose edges are labelled invertibly, or orientably, by elements of a group G . This means that, if an edge e in one direction has label g (a group element), then in the other direction it has label g −1. The label function …   Wikipedia

  • edge — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place where sth ends ADJECTIVE ▪ top, upper ▪ the top edge of the picture frame ▪ bottom, lower ▪ inner …   Collocations dictionary

  • edge — I n. margin, border (also fig.) 1) a cutting; jagged, ragged edge 2) at, on an edge (she stood at the edge of the crater) advantage (colloq.) (esp. AE) 3) an edge on (to gain a competitive edge on smb.) misc. 4) to take the edge off one s… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Edge pull — An edge pull is a skill in figure skating that allows the skater to gain speed while skating on one foot by rocking between inside and outside edges. The momentum across the ice derives from a rising and falling knee action on each lobe which… …   Wikipedia

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