beat, bested, conquered, defeated, did down(British), dispatched, got, got around, licked, mastered, overbore, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), skunked, stopped, subdued, surmounted, took, trimmed, triumphed (over), upended, won (against)

sweptedged (out), nosed out, pipped(British)annihilated, blew away, blew out, bombed, broke, buried, clobbered, creamed, crushed, drubbed, finished, flattened, overwhelmed, routed, shellacked, skinned, slaughtered, smoked(slang), snowed under, thrashed, trounced, upset, walloped, waxed(slang), whippedcapped, excelled, flourished, scored, succeededknocked off, knocked over, overpowered, overthrew, subjugated, unseated, vanquishedaced (out), bettered, eclipsed, exceeded, excelled, outdid, outdistanced, outfought, outshone(or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcended

got the better of, knocked for a loop