for the better
for the better
Resulting in a more positive situation or outcome. He has started drinking a lot less, which is definitely a change for the better. Moving overseas was a huge undertaking, but I feel like it was ultimately for the better.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*for the better
to be an improvement. (*Typically: be ~; be a change ~.) A change of government would be for the better. A new winter coat would certainly be for the better.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
for the better
Resulting in or aiming at an improvement: Her condition took a turn for the better.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- change for the better
- force of circumstance
- skate
- get down to some serious drinking
- lay off the bottle
- conk-buster
- screwed tight
- get your priorities right/straight
- get (one's) priorities right
- fold