getting the better of
phrase
as in overcoming
to achieve a victory over I realized my exhaustion gotten the better of me when I started nodding off at my desk. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- overcoming
- defeating
- mastering
- getting
- getting around
- beating
- doing down
- taking
- conquering
- stopping
- dispatching
- prevailing (over)
- triumphing (over)
- winning (against)
- surmounting
- knocking for a loop
- subduing
- worsting
- licking
- overbearing
- blowing out
- overmatching
- trimming
- succeeding
- besting
- blowing away
- upending
- knocking over
- finishing
- nosing out
- overwhelming
- skunking
- knocking off
- edging (out)
- sweeping
- burying
- snowing under
- exceeding
- scoring
- surpassing
- slaughtering
- routing
- crushing
- bombing
- upsetting
- excelling
- topping
- flattening
- capping
- flourishing
- smoking
- annihilating
- whipping
- shellacking
- acing (out)
- pipping
- skinning
- thrashing
- trouncing
- overpowering
- excelling
- creaming
- clobbering
- drubbing
- overthrowing
- breaking
- waxing
- subjugating
- vanquishing
- transcending
- outstripping
- bettering
- eclipsing
- walloping
- overtopping
- outshining
- unseating
- outdistancing
- outdoing
- outfighting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- losing (to)
- falling
- washing out
- going down
- going under
- giving up
- failing
- collapsing
- folding
- flunking
- flopping