avere la meglio in Italian

Forms: avére la meglio [canonical], hò la meglio [first-person, present, singular], èbbi la meglio [first-person, historic, past, singular], ébbi la meglio [first-person, historic, past, singular], avùto la meglio [participle, past], avrò la meglio [first-person, future, singular], àbbia la meglio [first-person, singular, subjunctive], àbbi la meglio [imperative, second-person, singular], avére [auxiliary] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally, “to have the best”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to have the best}} “to have the best”, {{lit|to have the best}} Literally, “to have the best” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} avére la meglio (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò la meglio, first-person singular past historic èbbi la meglio or ébbi la meglio, past participle avùto la meglio, first-person singular future avrò la meglio, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia la meglio, second-person singular imperative àbbi la meglio, auxiliary avére)

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"avere la meglio" meaning in Italian

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