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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 overcomeplay

  Familiarity information: GET THE BEST used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GET THE BEST (verb)


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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