English verb: get the better of | |||
1. | get the better of (competition) win a victory over | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | defeat, overcome | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beat, beat out, come through, conquer, crush, demolish, destroy, down, expel, lurch, make it, nose, overrun, pull round, pull through, rout, rout out, shell, skunk, survive, trounce, upset, vanquish, wallop | ||