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better
/ˈbetər/ nounDefinition
for the better › If a situation changes for the better, it improves: Their relationship has changed for the better.
get the better of sb › If a feeling gets the better of you, it becomes too strong to control: Curiosity finally got the better of her and she opened the letter.
(Definition of better noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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