get the better of sb
to defeat someone in a competition:
He fought fiercely, but his opponent easily got the better of him.
If a feeling gets the better of you, you cannot stop yourself from allowing that feeling to make you do something, despite knowing that what you are doing is wrong:
Her curiosity got the better of her and she opened the door and peeped inside.
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Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- overturn
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- victorious
- wipe
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Controlling and being in charge