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(idiomatic, with bare infinitive, informal) Should; ought to; need to; must.
You had better go.
But Carmen had better luck with Señor Medena.
No, I had better not think of him; not think of him but forget him, quite forget him for the present.
The other portion, which had stayed behind as a reserve under Domingos Irala, had better fortunes.
I told her that she had better not talk about it any more, but think.
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