inside track

inside track

noun

Definition of INSIDE TRACK

: an advantageous competitive position <the owner's son has the inside track for the job>

Examples of INSIDE TRACK

1. <the applicant with actual experience in pharmaceutical sales will definitely have the inside track for the job>

First Known Use of INSIDE TRACK

1857

Related to INSIDE TRACK

Synonyms: better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, edge, high ground, advantage, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand

Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike

Related Words: allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start; ascendancy (also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency; precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority; break, foothold, opportunity; benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall

Near Antonyms: detriment, stranglehold; disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness; disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming; bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel; lurch, setback

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