deserve better from (someone or something)

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deserve better from (someone or something)

To warrant better treatment from someone or something than one is currently receiving. I'm sorry, but you deserve better from your husband—he shouldn't speak to you so rudely. With how hard you work every day, you deserve better from your employer.
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deserve better from someone or something

to merit better treatment from someone. We deserve better from someone who is supposed to be our friend. I deserve better from Bill.
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"Our call to our volunteers is that we must be always humble, and we should raise the kind of campaign for the simple reason that Manilenos deserve better from us," Domagoso said.
Moreno, running mate vow to shun 'old school, trapo-type black propaganda' in Manila
OK the recent improvement has been a step in the right direction - as Dogs Trust says, it proves this problem is solvable - but man's best friend really does deserve better from us.
A dog's life
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