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A person's spouse or lover, most commonly a man's wife. / (archaic) A very close friend or companion.

(transitive) To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against.

(idiomatic, with bare infinitive, informal) Should; ought to; need to; must.

(transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome / (transitive, idiomatic) To trick or con. / (transitive, idiomatic) To gain an advantage over.

(game theory, of a strategy) That leads to a better outcome no matter what the other player does.

comparative form of well off: more well off

(figuratively) A way of presenting or perceiving something such that it appears more favourably than by an alternative presentation or perception.

(modal, auxiliary verb) Contraction of had better.

(intransitive, literally) To improve. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover from illness or other incapacitation.