"get the drop on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the drop on"
      },
      "expansion": "get the drop on (third-person singular simple present gets the drop on, present participle getting the drop on, simple past got the drop on, past participle (UK) got the drop on or (US) gotten the drop on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got the drop on them and proceeded to shoot and kill them before they could fire a shot or respond."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_drop_on-en-verb-I1y0JRt3",
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "dominance",
          "dominance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We’re always getting the drop on our competitors because the owner really knows the business and can act fast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of Thrones Suffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-05-31",
          "text": "The petty critic in me would say the show could’ve done a better job of revealing how she got the drop on the Night King instead of just Deus Ex Arya’ing the situation, but it’s a very satisfying moment, so we’ll let it pass.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_drop_on-en-verb-dKXW5rld",
      "links": [
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, by extension) To obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "have the drop on"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "steal a march"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beat to the punch"
        },
        {
          "word": "get the jump on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the drop on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the drop on",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the drop on"
      },
      "expansion": "get the drop on (third-person singular simple present gets the drop on, present participle getting the drop on, simple past got the drop on, past participle (UK) got the drop on or (US) gotten the drop on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "have the drop on"
    },
    {
      "word": "steal a march"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got the drop on them and proceeded to shoot and kill them before they could fire a shot or respond."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "dominance",
          "dominance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We’re always getting the drop on our competitors because the owner really knows the business and can act fast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of Thrones Suffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-05-31",
          "text": "The petty critic in me would say the show could’ve done a better job of revealing how she got the drop on the Night King instead of just Deus Ex Arya’ing the situation, but it’s a very satisfying moment, so we’ll let it pass.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, by extension) To obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beat to the punch"
        },
        {
          "word": "get the jump on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the drop on"
}