“the better”

The following 6 entries include the term the better.

a change for the better

noun phrase

: an improvement in situation or state of affairs over what was

all the better

idiom

used to say that something makes a situation, experience, etc., even better than it was

discretion is the better part of valor

idiom

used to say that it is better to be careful than to do something that is dangerous and unnecessary

for the better

idiom

: so as to produce improvement

get the better of

idiom

: to defeat or trick (someone) by being clever often used figuratively

the less said, the better

idiom

used to say it is better to not say anything about something because it is bad, unpleasant, etc.


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