avoir raison de
/a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- a raison de
- past
- a eu raison de
- perfect
- eu raison de
Meaning
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to get the better of, overcome
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La fatigue finit par avoir raison de lui.
Fatigue eventually gets the better of him.
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La fatigue a fini par avoir raison de lui après trois jours sans sommeil. Il s'est endormi en pleine réunion.
Exhaustion finally got the better of him after three days without sleep. He fell asleep in the middle of a meeting.
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Similar words
avoir raison de and en venir à bout de are close synonyms for "to overcome, to get the better of," largely interchangeable.
Practice
1 What does avoir raison de mean?
to get the better of, overcome
2 Fill the gap: La fatigue finit par avoir ___ de lui.
Full sentence: La fatigue finit par avoir raison de lui. (Fatigue eventually gets the better of him.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches avoir raison de?
avoir raison de: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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