transitive. To get the better of, defeat, overpower, prevail over (an enemy, person or thing opposing one, etc.). Also in extended use.

To gain the advantage of, overcome. Obsolete.

transitive. To get the better of, gain mastery over; to overcome or subdue.

transitive. To get the better of, in any contest or struggle; to overcome or defeat. In later use chiefly with immaterial object.

transitive. = overmaster, v. 1.

transitive. To be more than a match for; to defeat by superior strength, skill, or craft; to surpass, excel. Also: to pit against a superior…

transitive. To overcome, get the better of. Obsolete.

transitive. To prevail over, get the better of, overcome. a person; †also said of an emotion or desire. Now rare.

to have the fairer (of): to have the advantage or better fortune (in). Obsolete.

transitive. = master, v.

transitive. To make oneself master over; to master completely; to overcome, conquer, overpower. Frequently figurative.

intransitive with upon, on, †of. To gain an advantage over, get the better of; to gain or encroach upon; rarely, to overcome, subdue. Obsolete.

transitive. Scottish. To get the better of, to master. Also reflexive: to control, regulate, or manage oneself; to bestir oneself. Cf. owerance, n.

To stand over, as a victor over the fallen.

intransitive. To deal or treat with with a person.

transitive. To gain an advantage over, to get the better of; to outdo. Now rare.

transitive. To overpower, overmaster. Obsolete.

transitive. To be more than a match for; to defeat by superior strength.

transitive. To prevail over (a person) in a specified respect; to overmaster. Obsolete.

to give (a person) the lurch: to discomfit, get the better of. Obsolete.

transitive. To obtain (a position of superiority or advantage over another person). Cf. to get of —— at phrasal verbs 2.

to gain cope of: to gain the advantage over.

To have the supremacy over; to get the better of. Now frequently in U.S. Sport.

To get the better of. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To defeat, overthrow; to get the better of.

figurative phr. to have the whip hand (of): to have the advantage or upper hand (of), control. Hence in similar phr.

transitive. ? To defeat, get the better of.

To take the lead of decisively in a race or run; to surpass, get the better of.

A person or thing able to contend with another as an equal. Chiefly in phrases: to meet (also †find) one's match: to encounter or come up against…

transitive. In extended use: to get the better of, confound.

transitive. To overcome in a struggle for superiority or mastery.

transitive. In extended use: to get the better of by superior strategy or tactics.

Nautical. figurative. To get safely round; to get the better of.

transitive. To get the better of, to get an advantage over; to outwit. Also: to cheat, defraud; cf. bester, n.

transitive. To reach beyond, gain ground upon, pass. Also figurative. To get the better of.

to beat a person at his (also her,etc.) own game: to defeat or outdo a person in his or her chosen activity or field of expertise, esp. by using his…

slang. To take or take up in large quantities; to appropriate (something) in advance of or to the exclusion of other competitors. Chiefly to scoop…

transitive. At euchre: to gain the advantage over (an adversary) by his failure to take three tricks: see the noun. Hence transferred to outwit…

transitive. To master (emphatic).

transitive. To succeed in dealing with in the way desired; to manage or bring about successfully.

transitive. colloquial. To overcome, get the better of, bring to grief; to cheat, swindle; to disparage, belittle.

to get (someone) wet: to gain the upper hand over; to have at one's mercy. New Zealand slang.

transferred. To solve (a problem or puzzle); to overcome, transcend (a difficulty). Chiefly U.S.