get the better of
idiom
: to defeat or trick (someone) by being clever
It would be hard to get the better of someone as experienced as she is.
—often used figuratively She knew she shouldn't open the package, but her curiosity finally got the better of her and she opened it.
get the better of
phrase
as in master
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
- master
- defeat
- overcome
- get
- beat
- get around
- dispatch
- take
- conquer
- stop
- best
- prevail (over)
- do down
- worst
- triumph (over)
- subdue
- win (against)
- surmount
- succeed
- lick
- overbear
- overmatch
- upend
- knock for a loop
- skunk
- trim
- blow out
- snow under
- blow away
- finish
- overwhelm
- bury
- sweep
- nose out
- exceed
- excel
- knock over
- slaughter
- better
- surpass
- upset
- top
- score
- cream
- crush
- skin
- excel
- annihilate
- bomb
- flatten
- flourish
- edge (out)
- cap
- smoke
- rout
- overthrow
- whip
- wax
- shellac
- pip
- vanquish
- break
- knock off
- clobber
- transcend
- subjugate
- trounce
- eclipse
- wallop
- overpower
- thrash
- drub
- outshine
- outdo
- outstrip
- unseat
- overtop
- outdistance
- ace (out)
- outfight
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lose (to)
- give up
- fall
- go under
- fail
- collapse
- go down
- fold
- wash out
- flop
- flunk
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- nonbuying
- noncabinet
- noncabinets
- noncaking
- Noncalcarea
- noncalcareous
- noncallable
- noncaloric
- noncampus
- noncancelable
- noncancerous
- noncandidacies
- noncandidacy
- noncandidate
- noncandidates
- noncannibalistic
- noncanonical
- noncapital
- noncapitalist