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had better
Also, had best. Ought to, should. For example, You had better finish this one before starting another, or We had best be going. [Mid-1400s] Also see you'd better believe it.
Example Sentences
“One man said he had better things to do for four hours than to sit at a table with stale food,” she says.
But for those of us who support that care, our defenses may have been stronger with a more nuanced approach—and if our country had better health care to begin with.
He added that if the UK did not spend 5% on defence, it could still have an NHS but warned Britons "you had better learn to speak Russian".
On her very first day in the job, she testified, Mr Combs threatened to kill her as he warned that her past work for other rappers had better not become a problem for him.
“I had better parts before I became a so-called star in ‘Walking Tall.’”
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