a leg up

a leg up (on somebody/something)

an advantage over someone or something The new rules give businesses here a leg up on competition from other countries.

Slang

1. The act or an instance of assisting; a boost.

2. A position of advantage; an edge: We have a leg up on the competition.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theokritos	-	Ancient Greek
Sergey	syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Wallis	WAWL-is	English (Rare)
Tor	TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian), TOR (Danish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Edric	ED-rik	English (Rare)
Jaymes	JAYMZ	English (Modern)