overcome

(v) win a victory over
- You must overcome all difficulties
- defeat your enemies
- He overcame his shyness
- He overcame his infirmity
- Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
defeat, get the better of,
(v) get on top of; deal with successfully
- He overcame his shyness
surmount, master, get over, subdue,
(v) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake,
(v) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- Heart disease can get the best of us
get the best, have the best,

defeat get the better of surmount master get over subdue overwhelm sweep over whelm overpower overtake get the best have the best

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