get the better of

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verb

win a victory over
- 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
• Syn:
overcome, defeat
• Derivationally related forms:
overcomer (for: overcome)
• Hyponyms:
demolish, destroy, beat, beat out, crush,
shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun,
lurch, skunk, rout, rout out, expel, upset,
upset, conquer, survive, pull through, pull round,
come through, make it
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something