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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  get the better of
       v : win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties";
           "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She
           conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his
           infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew
           up" [syn: overcome, defeat]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  get the better of
     vb.
     (lb en transitive idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  get the better of
     vb.
     (lb en transitive idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  get the better of
     vb.
     (lb en transitive idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  get the better of
     vb.
     (lb en transitive idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  get the better of /ɡɛt ðə bˈɛtəɹ ɒv/
  vyzrát na

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  get the better of /ɡɛt ðə bˈɛtəɹ ɒv/
  přelstít

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "get the better of":
     beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, best, circumvent, deceive,
     defeat, destroy, do in, drub, elude, evade, fix, foil, frustrate,
     get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip,
     go one better, hide, hors de combat, lambaste, lather, lick,
     outclass, outdo, outfight, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral,
     outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outpoint, outreach, outrun,
     outsail, outshine, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overreach,
     pass the buck, prevail over, put, rise above, ruin, settle, skin,
     skin alive, stonewall, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph over,
     trounce, undo, victimize, whip, worst
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  打败,智胜

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     战胜,胜过,占了…的上风;克服,克制

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