Idiom Steal a march upon/on Urdu Eng definition+examples

Idiom TO STEAL A MARCH UPON/ON
(Sabqat lay jana, kisi say aagay berh jana)
Meanings:   To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
Usage: He worked hard hard and stole a march upon others.

The main word in this idiom is:

steal

[steel]

verb (used with object), stole, stolen, stealing.

1.

to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force:

A pickpocket stole his watch.

2.

to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.

3.

to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance:

He stole my girlfriend.

4.

to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed by away, from, in, into, etc.):

They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.

5.

Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.

6.

Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.

7.

to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance:

The comedian stole the show.

verb (used without object), stole, stolen, stealing.

8.

to commit or practice theft.

9.

to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved:

She stole out of the house at midnight.

10.

to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually:

The years steal by.

11.

Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

noun

12.

Informal. an act of stealing; theft.

13.

Informal. the thing stolen; booty.

14.

Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain:

This dress is a steal at $40.

15.

Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

Idioms

16.

steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words, etc. 

 

Examples from the web for steal

• Sooner or later, an unknown startup or a true maverick will sneak up behind these squabbling old timers and steal the pot of gold.
• Economic freedom leads to peace, and governments are using mythical climate change to try to steal more of our freedom.
• They began to rewrite history, steal from others, and it worked.
• steal this hotel room's romantic look with inexpensive red sheer fabric hung above the bed.
• Note that they had to get really close to the gold to steal it.
• We don't recycle nuclear fuel because it is valuable and people steal it.
• On the outside, he would live in bombed-out buildings and conspire with companions to steal bread and fruit from open-air shops.
• Try fooling a hungry dog to steal meal from its dish without getting bitten.
• We study biological systems and try to steal ideas from nature to apply to technology.
• The next step after penetrating networks to steal data is to disrupt or manipulate them. 

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