better of

*better of someone

and *the best of someone

triumph over someone. (*Typically: get ~; have ~.) Bill got the best of John in the boxing match. I tried to get the better of Tom in the golf match, but he won anyway.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madog	-	Welsh
Hildebert	HIL-de-bert	German
Giosetta	jo-ZET-tah	Italian
Merilyn	-	English
Adelina	ah-de-LEE-nah (Italian), ah-dhe-LEE-nah (Spanish)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Bulgarian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Elwood	['elwud]