English verb: get the best | |||
1. | get the best (competition) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | ||
Samples | Heart disease can get the best of us. | ||
Synonyms | have the best, overcome | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||