better for it
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4.8
- idiom
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mejor por ello
- The challenges we faced made us stronger, and we are better for it.
- feel better for it
- much better for it
And that will pay off and we'll all be the better for it.
- And that will pay off and we'll all be the better for it.
- Your body's better for it, your brain, your energy production, all of it.
- If you center those who are most vulnerable in your considerations, it will make life better for everyone.
- Both can be challenging for for whatever reason, but I chose this particular challenge and I'm I think I'm better for it.
- I think teaching that these days to corporate America, and when I think any corporation who embraces that mentality are going to be better for it.
- It will make life better for everyone, and I fear what the future looks like if we continue on this path.
- And again, yeah, just having having a meal plan where you're eating a lot more like good whole food and less processed things, you just, you really do feel better for it.
- I need to, to work harder and I would better for it.
Examples
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We went through it together, and we are all better for it.
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We changed that after the Civil War, and this country has been better for it.
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And we're gonna be better for it.
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And we were better for it.
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And they are better for it, I might add.
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But we're better for it, men.
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I think that it is possible for one man to love one woman all his life and be the better for it, yes.
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You will feel better for it, you will look better for it, and we can move on.
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Are we going to be better for it, or will we give up and quit?
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We'll all be the better for it.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
457
3.5
In a richer or more comfortable situation than before
10
1.0
In a more successful, healthy, or suitable way
How Benefited
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'better' (improved) combined with 'for' (indicating benefit or because of) and 'it' (the referred event) yields the meaning 'improved because of that'. The 'better for X' pattern follows a regular English composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
The phrase better for it comes from the image of someone going through a hard time and coming out stronger or healthier, with the word better showing the improvement and it pointing to that experience. So better for it means 'improved' or 'benefited' by what happened.