Definition of "get the better of" [get the better of]

• To overwhelm or overcome (verb)
• To trick or con. (verb)
• To gain an advantage over. (verb)

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• "At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies."
• "“I shall get the better of all these Sons of Darkness,” Morris vowed, “and in the end oblige them to acknowledge the Services they try to Traduce.”"
• "You'll have to get up earlier before you get the better of Robert Lefroy."