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Exempel

  • once - I have only tried that once, next time I'll probably do better
    • "Jag har bara försökt med det en gång, nästa gång lyckas jag säkerligen bättre."
  • know - She knows chemistry better than anyone else I know
    • Hon förstår kemi bättre än någon annan jag känner

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To trick or con.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To gain an advantage over.

Exempel

  • Adam said, "My temper got the better of me, and I said things as wasn't true."
  • Though this sort of thing went on every other night or very near it still Stephen's feelings got the better of him in a sense though he knew that Corley's brandnew rigmarole on a par with the others was hardly deserving of much credence.
  • Many people returned to work a bit anxious, they acknowledged, but grimly determined not to let terrorists get the better of them.
  • He got the better of him early in the match, but finished by losing.

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