steal a march on someone

 先发制人

►含义：

gain an advantage over (someone) by acting before they do.

通过比别人先行动而获得优势

►例句：

The scientist was concerned her lab assistant would steal a march on her by publishing the results first.

这位科学家担心她的实验室助理会抢在她前面，先发表研究结果。

►对话：

A: What should we do next?

我们接下来应该怎么做？

B:We should try to steal a march on them by bringing out the software first.

我们应该抢先推出软件，从而先发制人。

►额外收获： 

1.gain an advantage over someone：获得胜过别人的优势

2.bring out：推出(=release）