Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
get one over on somebody
French translation:
prendre le dessus (sur quelqu'un)
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Jul 16, 2003 20:23
20 yrs ago
English term
to get one over on sbd
Non-PRO
English to French
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
General
Get it right and you could win the prize. Get it wrong and your friend gets one over on you.
Proposed translations
+3
2 mins
Gayle Wallimann
Native in English
Specializes in field
American in Provence
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
prendre le dessus
One way of translating the expression.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci, but I had to send the file back to the customer before the answers arrived :-("
19 mins
Carole Choquette
Canada
Canada
Native in English
&
French
Canada
C. Tr., CPA, CGA
Native in: English (Variant: Canadian) 
, French (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: English to French
votre ami vous en passe une belle
your friend gets away with it.....
+4
4 hrs
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
France
Native in French
France
Accuracy, Ability, Availability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
Tu fais juste, tu gagnes le prix. Tu te trompes c'est ton ami(e) qui prend l'avantage (sur toi)
prendre l'avantage sur quelqu'un
prendre sa revanche sur quelqu'un
il peut - mais pas ici - y avoir l'idée de jouer un (sale) tour, de s'en prendre à quelqu'un, de faire un farce/une coup à quelqu'un
Better Divorce: Financial Aspects
... Many times, it is one of these two or perhaps a combination of both that
fuel attempts to "strike back" at or "get one over" on the other. ...
www.betterdivorce.com/info/mfinancial.shtml
Prank Joke Phone Calls. Wind Up Jokes for the UK!
... Call Now: 09067 38 21 38. GET ONE OVER ON YOUR MATE "BIG STYLE" !
www.talkin-tones.co.uk/prank_calls.htm - 7k - Jul 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Swell Maps
... Are you one of those poor twisted individuals who spend a good deal
of their lives trying to 'get one over' on someone? I am! Worse ...
www.furious.com/perfect/swellmaps.html -
Prank Joke Phone Calls. Wind Up Jokes for the UK!
Call Now: 09067 38 21 38. GET ONE OVER ON YOUR MATE "BIG STYLE" ! ... no matter how
loud you laugh !! Its the craziest way to get one over on your friend's. ...
www.wind-up-your-friends.co.uk/ - 14k - Jul 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Past Chat Transcript
... would blame the English for that because the wall that was built further north was actually in Scotland and the English always try and get one over on the Scots ...
last example not meant to start a debate :-)
prendre sa revanche sur quelqu'un
il peut - mais pas ici - y avoir l'idée de jouer un (sale) tour, de s'en prendre à quelqu'un, de faire un farce/une coup à quelqu'un
Better Divorce: Financial Aspects
... Many times, it is one of these two or perhaps a combination of both that
fuel attempts to "strike back" at or "get one over" on the other. ...
www.betterdivorce.com/info/mfinancial.shtml
Prank Joke Phone Calls. Wind Up Jokes for the UK!
... Call Now: 09067 38 21 38. GET ONE OVER ON YOUR MATE "BIG STYLE" !
www.talkin-tones.co.uk/prank_calls.htm - 7k - Jul 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Swell Maps
... Are you one of those poor twisted individuals who spend a good deal
of their lives trying to 'get one over' on someone? I am! Worse ...
www.furious.com/perfect/swellmaps.html -
Prank Joke Phone Calls. Wind Up Jokes for the UK!
Call Now: 09067 38 21 38. GET ONE OVER ON YOUR MATE "BIG STYLE" ! ... no matter how
loud you laugh !! Its the craziest way to get one over on your friend's. ...
www.wind-up-your-friends.co.uk/ - 14k - Jul 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Past Chat Transcript
... would blame the English for that because the wall that was built further north was actually in Scotland and the English always try and get one over on the Scots ...
last example not meant to start a debate :-)
Peer comment(s):
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verbis
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merci bien
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RHELLER
: yeah, yeah, sure :-)
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merci bien, Rita "Mac" Heller :-)
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Michael Bastin
4 hrs
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gradiva
3 days 11 hrs
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4 days
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