Synonyms of getting the better of

getting the better of

phrase

present participle of get the better of

as in overcoming

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

• overcoming
• defeating
• mastering
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• taking
• getting
• beating
• triumphing (over)
• getting around
• doing down
• conquering
• dispatching
• stopping
• worsting
• surmounting
• subduing
• licking
• knocking for a loop
• overbearing
• trimming
• overmatching
• succeeding
• besting
• upending
• blowing out
• edging (out)
• blowing away
• nosing out
• overwhelming
• finishing
• skunking
• knocking over
• sweeping
• burying
• crushing
• exceeding
• knocking off
• surpassing
• snowing under
• scoring
• slaughtering
• acing (out)
• routing
• bombing
• upsetting
• whipping
• topping
• excelling
• flattening
• capping
• flourishing
• annihilating
• smoking
• shellacking
• skinning
• pipping
• trouncing
• thrashing
• creaming
• drubbing
• clobbering
• breaking
• overpowering
• overthrowing
• subjugating
• waxing
• vanquishing
• transcending
• walloping
• outstripping
• bettering
• eclipsing
• unseating
• overtopping
• outshining
• outdistancing
• outdoing
• outfighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• going down
• giving up
• going under
• falling
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• washing out
• flopping
• flunking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of getting 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

With Rashford not getting the better of Wan-Bissaka and his team a goal down with time running out, England head coach Thomas Tuchel replaced him in the 60th minute with Anthony Gordon. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026