What does get one up on mean?

get one up on

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.86 in modern English

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"So why not rob these red cloaks? Serves em right for letting their guard down. Isn’t that the unwritten law of the land? If someone gets one up on you, you deserve it for letting them?"

gets one up on (present, singular) getting one up on (participle, present) got one up on (past) got one up on (UK, participle) gotten one up on (US, participle)

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