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How to pronounce get the better of in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms defeat, overcome
Has types beat, beat out, come through, conquer, crush, demolish, destroy, down, expel, lurch, make it, nose, overrun, pull round, pull through, rout, rout out, shell, skunk, survive, trounce, upset, vanquish, wallop

Examples of get the better of

get the better of
Not only to play against them, but to get the better of them on a regular basis.
From the stltoday.com
No one from this side of the state has managed to get the better of the Phoenix.
From the stltoday.com
I had been thinking of driving through town to get a better sense of the damage.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The likes of Vellios will never get better unless he is given a run in the team.
From the guardian.co.uk
This will allow our project to get a better idea of the quality of our articles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mills, 39, said Kaycappa ran along the seafront to get a better picture of them.
From the metro.co.uk
The best part of the whole thing is that Jack Creed forced Jordan to get better.
From the dailyherald.com
A third of the patients get better, a third get worse and a third stay the same.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
They may feel like they can cut out some of the middlemen and get a better deal.
From the kentucky.com