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get the better of
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | get the better of - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"defeat, overcomedemolish, destroy - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"wallop - defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"skunk, lurch - defeat by a lurchrout, rout out, expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"nose - defeat by a narrow marginconquer - overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
Translationsbetter (ˈbetə) adjective1. good to a greater extent. His new car is better than his old one. 較好的 较好的2. stronger in health; recovered (from an illness). I feel better today; She's better now. 健康狀況好轉，病癒 （健康状况）有所好转 3. preferable. Better to do it now than later. 更好的 更好的 adverb well to a greater extent. He sings better now than he did before. 更好地 更好地 pronoun someone or something which is good to a greater extent than the other (of two people or things). He's the better of the two. (兩者中)較優者 （两者中）较优者 verb to improve (on). He's bettered all previous records; The situation has bettered a little. 改善 改善better off richer; happier in some way. He'd be better off working as a miner; You'd be better off without him. 過得更好 境况较好the better part of most of. He talked for the better part of an hour. 大部分的 大部分的get the better of to overcome; to win (against). He got the better of his opponent / the argument. 打敗 打败
He is better today (not He is more better). He is much better is correct.
You had better come / You'd better come (not You better come). get the better of
get the better of (someone or something)To gain superiority, mastery, or an advantage over someone or something; to get control over someone or something. I knew I shouldn't be meddling in other people's business, but my curiosity got the better of me. I know we could have beaten them in last week's game, but they just got the better of us from the start.See also: better, get, ofget the better ofAlso, get the best of; have the better or best of . Become superior to or master someone or something; win out. For example, John's common sense got the better of his pride, and he apologized, or Her older sister was always trying to get the best of her, or He was determined to have the better of his competitors. [c. 1600] Also see get the drop on. See also: better, get, ofget the better of win an advantage over someone; defeat or outwit someone.See also: better, get, ofMedicalSeeBETTERget the better of
Related to get the better of: in the first place, ease off, catch up, bring down, brace up, the likes of, stick toSynonyms for get the better ofverb win a victory overSynonymsRelated Words- demolish
- destroy
- beat
- beat out
- vanquish
- trounce
- crush
- shell
- wallop
- down
- overrun
- skunk
- lurch
- rout
- rout out
- expel
- upset
- nose
- conquer
- make it
- pull round
- pull through
- survive
- come through
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