had better

Meaning

1. had better / best (do sth)

   used to tell sb what you think they should do

   You'd better go to the doctor about your cough.

In the movies · 63

• I've had better notices.The Way Back2010
• it had better bloody work.The Imitation Game2014
• The answer had better be good.The Matrix Revolutions2003
• This had better be goodThe Emperor's New Groove2000
• Okay, you had better.Onward2020
• I wish I had better news, Matthew.The Descendants2011
• I wish I had better news.The Dig2021
• - If I had better resources... -The Pacifier2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Onward2020
  • Ian's Sixteenth Birthday Morning
  • Ian's Awkward Party Invite
  • Dad Leaves Ian a Wizard Staff

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
• for better or worse
• get the better of
• so much the better