get the upper hand
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
κρατεῖν, κρείσσων εἶναι, ἐπιπολάζειν, πλεονεκτεῖν, νικᾶν
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