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GET THE BEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does get the best mean?
• GET THE BEST (verb)
The verb GET THE BEST has 1 sense:
1. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Familiarity information: GET THE BEST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
get the best; have the best; overcome
Context example:
Heart disease can get the best of us
Hypernyms (to "get the best" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
It's a bargain, and we shall get the best of it!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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