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GET THE BETTER

Modern Translation: GET THE BETTER

Language Translations for "GET THE BETTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

marr privilegj, marr epërsi, marr avantazh. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قهر (beat, compulsion, conquer, crush, defeat, defeating, force, get the better of, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, subdual, subdue, subjugate, subjugation, tame, vanquish), ‏تفوق (beat, beat all, break, class, distinction, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellence, get the better of, go one better, lick, mastery, outclass, outguess, overpass, overrule, pre eminence, precede, predomination, preponderance, preponderate, prevalence, seniority, superiority, supremacy, surpass, top, tower, transcend, transcendence), ‏تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get over, get past, get the better of, knock down, master, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, vanquish, whack, worst). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вземам връх (get the better of, take over), надхитрявам (get the better of). (various references)

   

Czech

  

překonat (beat, better, bridge, clear, conquer, eclipse, exceed, Excel, get the better of, go beyond, heal, outdo, overcome, refute, surmount, surpass, tide over), dostat se komu na kobylku (get the better of smb.). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

voittaa (gain, win). (various references)

   

French

  

gagner (get the better of), triompher (get the better of), surmonter (get over, get the better of), s'améliorer (get better, get the better of, get well), commencer à aller mieux (get the better of). (various references)

   

German

  

jemanden überwinden (to get the better of someone, to get the better of somone), jemanden übers Ohr hauen (to sell someone a pup). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megszerzi a jobbat. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

制する (to command, to control, to get the better of). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せいする (to command, to control, to get the better of). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etgay ethay etterbay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

învinge (conquer, defeat). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

совладать (control), взять верх над кем-л., победить (fight down, knock out, triumph, win, win through, worst). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dobiti bolje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vencer (defeat), sobrepasar (beat, bypass, exceed, excel, get the better of, outclass, outnumber, outrange, overtake, surpass, transcend), quedar por encima de (get the better of). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bemästra (master). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, master, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), hakkından gelmek (carry off, get the better of, let smb. have it, overcome, overmaster, overpower, put away, vanquish), alt etmek (bear the bell, beat, beat smb. hollow, best, carry away the bell, get the better of, overwhelm, score off, score smb. off, stymie, supplant, top, worst), üstesinden gelmek (accomplish, come through, cope, dope, dope out, fix, get over, get the better of, go over big, handle, hurdle, lick, overcome, polish off, surmount, tide over), üstün olmak (be over smb., cut across, get the better of, give points to smb., have the edge on smb., have the edge over smb., have the whip hand of, outclass, outdo, outperform, precede, predominate, preponderate, preponderate over, surpass, take precedence of, tower above, transcend). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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