better

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against one's better judgment, all to the better, an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, are you feeling better, better and better, better an egg today than a hen tomorrow, better angels, better angels of one's nature, better angels of someone's nature, better ball, better Dead than Red, better dead than red, better dead than Red, better for it, betterfy, better half, betterhood, betterish, better is the enemy of good, better-known, better known as, better late than never, better light, better luck next time, better nature, betterness, better off, better one word in time than two afterwards, better-paid, better part of, better place, better safe than sorry, bettership, bettersome, better than a kick in the teeth, better than a poke in the eye, better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick, better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick, better than nothing, better than sex, 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, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, better to be late than be dead on time, better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness, better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness, build a better mousetrap, build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, discretion is the better part of valor, discretion is the better part of valour, do someone one better, embetter, for better or for worse, for better or worse, for the better, get better, go one better, half a loaf is better than no bread, half a loaf is better than no loaf, half a loaf is better than none, have seen better days, I couldn't have said it better myself, it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive, it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six, know any better, know better, make a better door than a window, no better than one ought to be, prevention is better than cure, something is better than nothing, so much the better, strictly better, take a turn for the better, the better is the enemy of the good, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the fewer the better fare, the grey mare is the better horse, think better of, two heads are better than one, work better under pressure, you better believe it