Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Usage example: this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin
Lick and better are semantically related. in run rings around topic. In some cases you can use "Lick" instead a verb "Better".
Lick
Lick verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: he's determined to do everything he can to lick the cancer
Common collocations
| face | better face | lick face |
Both words in one sentence
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In Farmer Boy, Almanzo is egged on to lick a pump handle, but knows better than to rise to the bait.
Source: Tongue on the Flagpole -
Tongue on the Flagpole: During a cold snap in Farmer Boy, Almanzo muses that some kids are foolish enough to take the dare to lick a pump handle, but he knows better.
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As good as Trout Mask Replica and Lick My Decals Off, Baby were, it's better not to think about what he put his bandmates through during the recording sessions.
Source: Music / Captain Beefheart
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