Usage of "get the better of"

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Win a victory over.

Usage of get the better of in English

I mean to get the better of her; and I shall succeed. 
 "I Say No" 

The unjust get the better of the just and tread on them. 
 The Spirit of Christmas 

Mustn't allow the unclean rise of emotion get the better of him. 
 Samurai 

But I'm not going to let Brown get the better of us. 
 Enchanted Glass 

In these cases, how can we get the better of our jealousy? 
 The Guardian 

The noble Lord knows that he cannot get the better of it. 
 Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Welli... 

Why does she always let her feelings get the better of her? 
 The Fearless 

And I had let my temper get the better of me again. 
 Promise of the wolves: a novel 

I cried, for once letting my temper get the better of me. 
 True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place 

I shall get the better of this, by-and-by: only let me alone. 
 Deerbrook 

You must not let thoughts of home get the better of you. 
 The African Trader; Or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford 

We cannot get the better of Anti-Semitism by any of these methods. 
 The Jewish State 

Palesa's nerves get the better of her when she's on breakfast duty. 
 The South African 

The Slaneysiders just about did enough to get the better of Dublin. 
 The Irish Times 

Blowers is evidently allowing his temper to get the better of him. 
 Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter 

He is determined to get the better of me at every turn. 
 The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I... 

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Meanings of get the better of in English