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Had better
Had better gives urgent advice with an implied bad consequence: you had better hurry, or you will miss the train. It is followed by a bare infinitive and is normally contracted to you'd better in speech.
Examples in context
You had better hurry up.
You had better hurry up.
We had better take an umbrella.
We had better take an umbrella.
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