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BETTER better off (doing something) and better off (if something were done) in a better position if something were done.She'd be better off selling her house.They are better off flying to Detroit.They would be better off if they flew to Detroit.I'm better off now. so much the better even better; all to the better. (Informal.)Please come to the picnic. If you can bring a salad, so much the better.The flowers look lovely on the shelf. It would be so much the better if you put them on the table. BETTER - LOCATION better off (somewhere) and better off (if one were somewhere else) in a better position somewhere else.They would be better off in Florida.We'd all be better off if we were in Florida.I know I'd be better off.
idiombetter► better you than me —see rather you (than) me► go one better thanbetter late than neverspoken used in order to say that you are glad that something is finally being done, although it should have been done a long time ago:"Better late than never," said Jordan when she was told of the proposal to allow women into the club.After 30 years in her temporary accommodation, Higgens says that the offer of a house was a miracle, and better late than never.better safe than sorryspoken used in order to say that it is better to be careful now so that nothing bad will happen later:We knew the back road would be flooded in some places, so we thought, better safe than sorry, and stayed on the highway.Keep a guard on him until he's well enough to be moved back to jail - better safe than sorry.get the better of1 to win a fight, argument, or competition, or deal more successfully with something than someone else:Stewart finally got the better of his opponent, after being almost defeated in the second round.The taxi driver reckoned he had got the better of the exchange of insults.2 if your emotions get the better of you, they make you behave in a way that you would not normally behave:By nine o'clock, my anxiety had got the better of me, and I left the house to look for my daughter.A driver let his bad temper get the better of him when he was stopped by police. After tearing up the ticket, he smashed the windows of the police car.3 if a problem gets the better of you, it becomes too difficult to deal with:Finally the hectic schedule got the better of us, and we both became ill.you'd better believe sth AmEAmE(also you'd better believe it!)spoken used in order to emphasize that something is definitely true or that something will definitely happen:"It's just a piece of cardboard with a picture on it. Do they really make money out of it?" "You'd better believe it!"If I'm paying $390 a night for a room, you'd better believe I'm going to demand the service at four in the morning, and a four-star chef.
See:- (all) the better for (something)
- (all) the better to (do something)
- (one had) better be going
- (one had) better get moving
- (one had) better get on (one's) horse
- (one's) better half
- (one's) better nature
- (someone had) better keep quiet about it
- (someone had) better keep still about it
- (something) is better than nothing
- a (damn) sight better
- a (damn) sight worse
- a bad excuse is better than none
- a better mousetrap
- a live dog is better than a dead lion
- a notch better than
- a sight better, worse, etc.
- against (one's) better judgment
- against one's better judgment
- against your better judgement
- all better
- all better (now)
- all the
- all the better
- all the more reason for
- bad excuse is better than none
- be better off
- be better off dead
- be better placed
- be better than a kick in the pants
- be ideally placed
- be well placed
- be well, ideally, better, etc. placed for something/to do something
- better (oneself)
- better (to be) safe than sorry
- Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
- better be going
- Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- better dead than red
- better fish to fry
- better get moving
- better get on my horse
- better get used to it
- better half
- better half, my
- Better keep still about it
- Better late than never
- better left unsaid
- better luck next time
- better mousetrap, (if one can) build a
- better of
- better off
- better off than (someone)
- Better safe than sorry
- better than
- better than nothing
- better than sex
- better the devil you know
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better the devil you know than the one you don't know
- better things to do
- better you than me
- build a better mousetrap
- change for the better
- could be better
- couldn't be better
- deserve better from
- deserve better from (someone or something)
- devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the
- Discretion is the better part of valor
- discretion is the better part of valour
- do (one) one better
- do better to (do something)
- do better to do something
- easier said than done
- elders and betters
- even better
- Example is better than precept
- fish to fry, to have better/bigger/other
- for better or (for) worse
- for better or for worse
- for better or worse
- for the better
- for want of a better word
- Foresight is better than hindsight.
- get better
- get the better of
- get the better of (someone or something)
- get the better of somebody/something
- go on to a better land
- go one better
- go one better (than someone or something)
- go you one better
- had better
- had better (do something)
- had better/best do something
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- half a loaf is better than no loaf
- Half a loaf is better than none
- half a loaf is better than none/no bread
- have known better days
- have seen better days
- have seen/known better days
- have the better of (someone or something)
- heaps (something)
- heaps better, more, older, etc.
- is better than nothing
- It is better to be born lucky than rich
- it is better to give than to receive
- It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
- It is better to wear out than to rust out
- it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
- I've seen better
- I've seen better heads on nickel beers
- kiss (something) better
- kiss something better
- know better
- know better than
- less said , the better
- little better than
- little/no better than
- make a better door than a window
- make a better fist of (something)
- make a better, good, poor, etc. fist of something
- make a poor fist of (something)
- might as well
- never (been) better
- never been better
- never felt better
- no better than
- no better than (one) ought to be
- no better than (one) should be
- no better than you should be
- not know (any) better
- not know any better
- notch above
- old enough to know better
- one’s better half
- one's better half
- other fish to fry
- Prevention is better than cure
- seen better
- seen better days
- seen better days, have
- seen better days, to have
- sight better
- so much the better
- so much the better/worse
- sooner the better
- sooner the better, the
- take a turn for the better
- take a turn for the better/worse
- that's better
- the better for something
- the better half of (something)
- the better of (someone or something)
- the better part of (something)
- the better to
- the better/best part of something
- the bigger, faster, etc. the better
- the bigger/faster/etc. the better
- the half is better than the whole
- the least said, the better
- the less said, the better
- the less/least said, the better
- the sooner the better
- the the better
- think (the) better of (one)
- think better of
- think better of it/(something)
- think better of it/of doing something
- think better of somebody
- time to hit the road
- 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
- turn for the better
- Two heads are better than one
- You better believe it!
- You had better believe it!
- You make a better door than you do a window
- you('d) better believe it
- you/you'd better believe it!
- you'd better believe it
- your better half
- your better nature
- your better/other half
- your elders and betters
- your other half
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