get the best

Verb

Meaning

overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

overcome have the best

Hypernyms

beat shell crush vanquish trounce beat out

Examples

there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it. Dale Carnegie

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people. Dick Wolf

I think there's so much good in the worst of us, and so many of the worst of us get the best of us, that the rest of us aren't even worth talking about. Gracie Allen

He who is best for me is he who shall get the best share. Irish Proverb

By asking the impossible you will get the best. Italian Proverb

The wine given to your workmen is that for which you get the best paid. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

get the ball rolling get the band back together get the bearings get the best of get the best of someone get the best out of