“better to”

The following 3 entries include the term better to.

better-to-do

adjective

: in prosperous economic circumstances : better off

better-to-do

noun

: one who is better-to-do

(it's) better (to be) safe than sorry

idiom

used to say that it is better to be careful now so that problems do not occur later on


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