Synonyms of getting the better of

getting the better of

phrase

present participle of get the better of

as in overcoming

to achieve a victory over

I realized my exhaustion gotten the better of me when I started nodding off at my desk.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• defeating
• mastering
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• taking
• getting
• beating
• triumphing (over)
• getting around
• doing down
• conquering
• dispatching
• stopping
• worsting
• surmounting
• subduing
• licking
• knocking for a loop
• overbearing
• trimming
• overmatching
• succeeding
• besting
• upending
• blowing out
• edging (out)
• blowing away
• nosing out
• overwhelming
• finishing
• skunking
• knocking over
• sweeping
• burying
• crushing
• exceeding
• knocking off
• surpassing
• snowing under
• scoring
• slaughtering
• acing (out)
• routing
• bombing
• upsetting
• whipping
• topping
• excelling
• flattening
• capping
• flourishing
• annihilating
• smoking
• shellacking
• skinning
• pipping
• trouncing
• thrashing
• creaming
• drubbing
• clobbering
• breaking
• overpowering
• overthrowing
• subjugating
• waxing
• vanquishing
• transcending
• walloping
• outstripping
• bettering
• eclipsing
• unseating
• overtopping
• outshining
• outdistancing
• outdoing
• outfighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• going down
• giving up
• going under
• falling
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• washing out
• flopping
• flunking