Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Pick up
Pick up verb - Improve significantly; go from bad to good.
Usage example: Her performance in school picked up
Both terms in one sentence
- Unusable Enemy Equipment: Averted, you can pick up enemy weapons and turns them in one of the Swords of Yi... now with better statistics, butt less durability.
Source: Video Game / Swords Of Destiny - Most Zanac players know better than to pick up Weapon 2, the frontal shield that lasts for 50 hits. Why?
Source: Scrappy Weapon - Munchkin has the Duck of Doom, with the text "You should know better than to pick up a duck in a dungeon."
Source: Don't Touch It, You Idiot!
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Pick up or Better. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/better/pick_up.
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