leg up on

*leg up on someone

Fig. an advantage that someone else does not have. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I have a leg up on Walter when it comes to getting around town, since I have a car. I want to practice indoors all winter and get a leg up on Ken, since he thinks he can beat me at tennis.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kunala	-	Sanskrit
Bowser	['bɑuzə]
Anastasia	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian), a-nə-STAY-zhə (English), a-nə-STAS-yə (English), ah-nahs-TAH-syah (Spanish), ah-nahs-TAH-zyah (Italian)	Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Greek
Abhishek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
Rajnish	-	Indian, Hindi
Mercia	-	English (Rare)