get the better of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to defeat sb / sth or gain an advantage

   Hey. What do you say to Cruella when she tries to get the better of you?

   - It's the only way to get the better of the British.

In the movies · 9

• Or will they get the better of you as always?Captain Marvel2019
• My curiosity's got the better of me, Rob,...24 Hour Party People2002
• - It's the only way to get the better of the British.The King and I2018
• Hey. What do you say to Cruella when she tries to get the better of you?Cruella2021
• But I get better, better, better.Icarus2017
• So get a better attitude.The Descendants2011
• But it gets even better, babe.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• Get a better run on that corner.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019

Learn it in full scenes

• 24 Hour Party People2002
  • Tony Wilson Names the Factory
  • Tony Wilson Names Joy Division
  • Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour
• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career

From the same entry

• little better than
• that's better
• the bigger, smaller, faster, slower, the better
• discretion is the better part of valour
• two heads are better than one
• the best part of
• prevention is better than cure
• be better off
• be better off
• had better
• for better or worse
• so much the better

More idioms

• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile
• from top to bottom
• have a way with
• put in a word for
• take breath away
• with your eyes shut
• at best
• in short