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Phrase(s): better off (somewhere) [and] better off (if one were somewhere else)
in a better position somewhere else. • They would be better off in a cheaper apartment. • We’d all be better off if we were in Florida. • I know I’d be better off in a warmer climate., Phrase(s): better off (doing something) [and] better off (if something were done)
in a better position if something were done. • She’d be better off selling her house. • They are better off flying to Detroit than driving.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs