get the better of
Example Sentences
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Swiss racer Tanguy Nef and Belgian Armand Marchant similarly failed to get the better of Strasser, leaving the top four to race.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Union Berlin get the better of second-placed RB Leipzig with a surprise 3-1 victory in the Bundesliga.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Looking at both teams over the past few weeks you would expect Villa to get something here, but I need to use all my knowledge to get the better of AI.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
But as we all witnessed on that Academy Awards stage, a superstar’s bruised disposition can get the better of them in the most public of forums.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022
Now, as he felt weighed down by his failure to keep the Rad Lab above the turmoil of the Oppenheimer case, illness began to get the better of him.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
