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/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "MAH" (as in "mark") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

To get ahead of someone, to do something before the other person has a chance to react. In Argentina gaining 'de mano' means having the strategic initiative. Whoever gets there first has the advantage.

Examples

We beat them to the offer and closed the deal.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Ganar

To do a job sloppily, incompetently, or without the skill needed to do it right. In Mexico and Central America, chambonear is the verb for the clumsy execution that produces work everyone has to fix afterwards.