All get the better of synonyms

verb get the better of

• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• trounce — to beat severely; thrash.
• outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
• outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
• conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
• surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
• blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
• outdo — to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
• knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• rout — a bellow.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
• vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
• subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
• win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
• weather — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
• survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
• stun — to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• temper — a particular state of mind or feelings.
• outplay — to play better than.
• transcend — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
• lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
• deck — A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
• outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
• tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
• total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.