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[get the
better of] or [get the best of] {v. phr.} 1. To win over,beat; defeat.
Our
team got the best of the visitors in the lastquarter.
George got the better
of Robert in a game of checkers.
When the opposing player fouled John, John
let his anger get thebetter of his good sense and hit the boy back.
Dave
wanted tostudy till midnight, but sleepiness got the best of him.
Compare:
RUNAWAY WITH(1). 2. or [have the best of] or [have the better of] To winor be
ahead in (something); gain most from (something.)
Bill tradedan old bicycle
tire for a horn; he got the best of that deal.
Ourteam had the best of it
today, but they may lose the game tomorrow.
The champion had all the better
of it in the last part of the fight.
Contrast: GET THE WORST
OF.
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