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the edge over

phraseC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

The edge over is a slight advantage that puts you in front. Have the edge over the others.

It is small by definition, since a large advantage is not called the edge over anything. Experience gives the edge over talent more often than anybody young believes.

Definitions of the edge over

  1. 1phrasethe edge overA slight advantage that puts you in front.C1

    “Her second language gave her the edge over everybody else applying.”

the edge over is a phrase.

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