beats, bests, conquers, defeats, dispatches, does down(British), gets, gets around, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), skunks, stops, subdues, surmounts, takes, trims, upends, wins (against), worsts

sweepsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)annihilates, blows away, blows out, bombs, breaks, buries, clobbers, creams, crushes, drubs, finishes, flattens, overwhelms, routs, shellacs, skins, slaughters, smokes(slang), snows under, thrashes, trounces, upsets, wallops, waxes(slang), whipscaps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsknocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, subjugates, unseats, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcends

gets the better of, knocks for a loop