avoir raison de

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• IPA^(key): /a.vwaʁ ʁɛ.zɔ̃ də/ ~ /a.vwaʁ ʁe.zɔ̃ də/

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avoir raison de

1. to get the better of (someone)
2. to overcome (something)

Not to be confused with avoir raison de (faire quelque chose) (“to be right to (do something)”).