Get the better of
The crossword clue "Get the better of" is answered by OUTDO, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OUTDO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUTDO answer page.
Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- OUTFOX (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for OUTDO
Every other clue in this collection answered by OUTDO, most used first.
- Surpass - used 110 times, most recently in 2025
- Perform better than - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- One-up - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Best - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
- Top - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Go one better than - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Beat - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Show up - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Better - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Go one better - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Trump - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Exceed - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Surpass in performance - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Eclipse - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Excel - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Finish ahead of - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Get up - ARISE, used 204 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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