(informal) to be better off for it, to come out better off

straight to the point

(transitive) to pip to the post (to overcome at the last minute, to overtake at the decisive moment, to beat to the punch at the very end)

arguing that, on the grounds that, on the pretext that

by, beside, next to, on the side of, on the edge of / on the verge of, on the brink of

(transitive) to challenge, to dare, to defy (someone to do something)

off the coast of

ASAP

(transitive, figuratively) to pin down (a person); to ground (an aircraft)

above