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have the advantage of someone

have the advantage of someone verb: for one to know someone else (or their name) irreciprocally, that is, without their knowing one back.

Verb

have the advantage of someone (third-person singular simple present has the advantage of someone, present participle having the advantage of someone, simple past and past participle had the advantage of someone)

  1. For one to know someone else (or their name) irreciprocally, that is, without their knowing one back.

Forms of have the advantage of someone

third-person singular presenthas the advantage of someone
present participlehaving the advantage of someone
past participlehad the advantage of someone
pasthad the advantage of someone

Questions about have the advantage of someone

What does have the advantage of someone mean?
Have the advantage of someone means for one to know someone else (or their name) irreciprocally, that is, without their knowing one back.
What part of speech is have the advantage of someone?
Have the advantage of someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of have the advantage of someone?
The past tense of have the advantage of someone is had the advantage of someone.

Words near have the advantage of someone in the dictionary

  1. have something over someone
  2. have something over with
  3. have something to show for something
  4. have swallowed a dictionary
  5. have that shit on
  6. have the advantage of someone
  7. have the ball in one's court
  8. have the best of it
  9. have the biscuit
  10. have the black ox tread on one's foot
  11. have the blues

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