English > get the better of: 1 sense > verb 1, competitionMeaning | win a victory over. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Synonyms | overcome, defeat |
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Narrower | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
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conquer | Overcome by conquest |
demolish, destroy | defeat soundly |
down | bring down or defeat (an opponent) |
lurch, skunk | defeat by a lurch |
nose | defeat by a narrow margin |
overrun | seize the position of and defeat |
rout, rout out, expel | Cause to flee |
survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it | Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) |
upset | defeat suddenly and unexpectedly / unexpectedly |
wallop | defeat soundly and utterly |
Spanish | derrotar, recuperarse, superar, vencer |
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Catalan | derrotar, recuperar-se, superar, vèncer |
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