know better (than someone)

Related to word: know

Idiom

Definition

  1. To have more knowledge, experience, or understanding than someone else, especially about what is sensible or correct in a particular situation.

    • As an experienced doctor, she should know better than to handle this situation this way.

    • He thought he could deceive me, but he should know better than that.

    • You should know better than to use other people's things without permission.