got the better of
phrase
as in defeated
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
- defeated
- mastered
- overcame
- got
- beat
- conquered
- took
- stopped
- dispatched
- got around
- subdued
- prevailed (over)
- did down
- surmounted
- triumphed (over)
- bested
- worsted
- licked
- succeeded
- won (against)
- upended
- overmatched
- trimmed
- knocked for a loop
- finished
- blew out
- overwhelmed
- snowed under
- blew away
- buried
- skunked
- swept
- nosed out
- knocked over
- surpassed
- overbore
- upset
- exceeded
- excelled
- knocked off
- slaughtered
- crushed
- scored
- flattened
- shellacked
- topped
- annihilated
- capped
- flourished
- whipped
- skinned
- excelled
- bombed
- routed
- clobbered
- creamed
- trounced
- pipped
- vanquished
- subjugated
- smoked
- thrashed
- overpowered
- waxed
- edged (out)
- broke
- outstripped
- transcended
- bettered
- eclipsed
- aced (out)
- overthrew
- walloped
- outdistanced
- outshone
- unseated
- outdid
- overtopped
- drubbed
- outshined
- outfought
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lost (to)
- went down
- fell
- gave up
- went under
- failed
- washed out
- collapsed
- folded
- flunked
- flopped