get the better of
Example Sentences
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Last year, he was comfortably the better driver of the two; only rarely did Antonelli get the better of him.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
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
Because of that, and because of who Everton will be missing, I am backing Dyche to get the better of his old team this time.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 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
The craving could get the better of him and you’d have another Malachy from the North on your hands.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
