Synonyms of get the better of

get the better of

phrase

as in overcome

to achieve a victory over

I realized my exhaustion gotten the better of me when I started nodding off at my desk.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcome
• defeat
• master
• worst
• best
• take
• get
• beat
• prevail (over)
• triumph (over)
• win (against)
• dispatch
• get around
• conquer
• stop
• do down
• subdue
• surmount
• succeed
• lick
• overbear
• overmatch
• trim
• skunk
• upend
• knock for a loop
• edge (out)
• better
• finish
• blow out
• blow away
• snow under
• overwhelm
• sweep
• bury
• exceed
• slaughter
• nose out
• upset
• crush
• surpass
• excel
• cream
• top
• knock over
• score
• skin
• bomb
• flourish
• whip
• annihilate
• flatten
• rout
• cap
• smoke
• overthrow
• shellac
• break
• wax
• pip
• vanquish
• clobber
• trounce
• subjugate
• ace (out)
• knock off
• transcend
• eclipse
• wallop
• thrash
• overpower
• drub
• outdo
• outshine
• unseat
• outstrip
• overtop
• outdistance
• outfight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose (to)
• fall
• go down
• give up
• fail
• go under
• collapse
• fold
• flop
• wash out
• flunk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of get the better of

Meanwhile, Fauci described Biden more favorably while seemingly pointing out the former president’s age getting the better of him, an issue that would ultimately drive Biden out of the 2024 presidential election. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

Williams lost versus Vera-Tucker, then seemed to get the better of Mike Onwenu. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026

In the 1960s, England got the better of its Argentine opponent in consecutive World Cup tournaments, with a 1-0 victory in 1966 helping the English to eventually lift the trophy for the only time in their history. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Red got the better of him in one of the better sequences of the match. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026