Get The Best

Definition: Get The Best

Get The Best

Verb

1. Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get The Best

Crosswords: Get The Best

Gee, I gave a guy a hundred bucks to get the best bridal suite in the house. (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson)

Now to make sure we get the best government that money can buy, Congress has passed a new one hundred percent withholding of all wages and earnings. (The Wizard of Speed and Time; writing credit: Mike Jittlov)

'Til they get the best of the night (The Finer Things; performing artist: Steve Winwood)

Church is the only place I know where I can arrive late and get the best seats in the house! (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Travel Detective: How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deals from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies (reference)

• How to Get the Best Grades with the Least Amount of Effort (reference)

• Getting the Best from Chalky Gardens (Get the Best from Your Garden Series) (reference)

• Renter's Insurance: How to Get the Best Coverage for the Cheapest Price When Someone Else Owns the Place Where You Live (reference)

• The Drummer's Studio Survival Guide: How to Get the Best Possible Drum Tracks on Any Recording Project (The Studio Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Doctors suggest starting these treatments before a child is two-and-a-half or three to get the best and most lasting results. (references)

Try to be specific about your pain (how severe is it on a scale of 0-10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain you can imagine? where is your pain? is the pain throbbing, stabbing, searing? is it continuous or intermittent? what makes it better or worse?) when you tell the doctor about it so you can get the best pain management. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

While Government policy is to give local producers a fair chance, chief executives are responsible for limiting costs and will source purchases wherever they can get the best value for the money. (references)

Egypt

This is the Egyptian version of the "Dutch auction," called in Arabic "momarsa." Momarsas have been popular because they give Egyptian officials the appearance of trying to get the best deal for Egypt, and they reduce charges of cronyism. (references)

Trade

India

The rationale for the FTZ scheme envisages no interference by customs authorities in order to get the best from exporters when left without any bureaucratic interference. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Most landlords list their properties with Real Estate agents to get the best price for their property and the widest showing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "get the best": get the best of ♦ get the best of it ♦ get the best of the bargain ♦ To get the best of. Additional references.

Albanian

fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نال (acquire, attain, carve, coax, come by, gain, get, get the best of, take, win), ‏أصبح الأفضل (get the best of). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, gain, get, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through). (various references)

Czech

mít převahu v (get the best of). (various references)

French

tirer un maximum de (get the best of), obtenir (get, get smth. off one's hands, get the best of). (various references)

Hungarian

megszerzi a legjobbat. (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay ethay estbay

Russian 

преодолеть (get over, get the best of, go over, outdo, overcome, pull through, tide over). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dobiti najbolje (get the best of). (various references)

Spanish

ganar (beat, benefit, best, carry, carry off, deserve, draw, earn, gain, get, get the best of, head, land, make, make money, profit, put over, reclaim, save, take, take on, throw in, walk over, win, win out, win the toss), vencer (bear down, beat, beat down, best, break, break down, carry, conquer, defeat, discomfit, expire, fall due on, fall in, get over, get the best of, get the better of, master, outface, overcome, overpower, tear, to expire, to fall due, to mature, win), salir ganando (come off best, get the best of the bargain). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: esthete, teethes.

-4 letters: begets, behest, seethe, settee, teethe, testee, thebes.

-5 letters: beets, beget, beset, beths, egest, geese, geest, geste, ghees, hebes, sheet, teeth, teths, thebe, these.

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