get the jump on

And in 1897, the harbor towns of San Pedro and Wilmington weren’t within Los Angeles’ civic embrace, and L.A. was eager to get the jump on Long Beach.

And he may have thought he could get the jump on his opponents by announcing his nominees early — yet another miscalculation.

Like those games, it features turn-by-turn, team-based battles, but there are also real-time infiltration sequences that let you get the jump on the bad guys before they even see you.

Sainz tried to get the jump on Verstappen from the off by starting on a faster, although less durable, tire than the polesitter.

Across the country, conservatives started work decades ago to get the jump on Democrats in state-level elections.