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what's the meaning of "better off"?

I'm watching a tv series called "better off ted". Can you please explain me the meaning of this expression?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Definitions of better off on the Web:

    better off(p): in a more fortunate or prosperous condition; "she would have been better off if she had stuck with teaching"; "is better off than his classmate"

    Gasoline is the second album released by Theory of a Deadman on March 29, 2005. All lyrics written by Tyler Connolly. All music written and composed by Theory of a Deadman

    Comparative form of well off: more well off

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/better_off

  • 5 years ago

    Better Off Meaning

  • 1 decade ago

    The title of that late, lamented show was a takeoff on the expression "better off dead."

    Better off basically means "a preferable condition" or "preferable to."

  • 6 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    to have more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people

    to be in a better situation, if or after something happens

    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british...

    Idiom

    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/better+off

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