Diffferent contact info on iPhone and MBP

I wish to start using iCloud with my iPhone and my MBP.  The problem is that I have different contact info on my iPhone than on my MBP.  The MBP contact info is the accurate info.  So I don't want the iPhone contact to sync with the MBP contacts but want to have the MBP contacts overwrite the iPhone contacts.  How can I do that?
I have saved a copy of my contact book on the MBP, just in case.
Thanks
Echo Sierra.

Open Contacts, select All Contacts on the left-hand side, click a single contact to the right and press Command-A to select them all (they should all be highlighted).  Then go to File>Export>Export vCard and save this on your desktop.  Then download the app My Contacts Backup to your phone.  Open the app and tap the gear-shaped icon on the bottom right.  In the window that opens, scroll to the bottom and click Remove All Contacts.  Confirm that the contacts are no longer on your phone (or on icloud.com if you are already syncing contacts with iCloud).  Then email the vCard that you saved earlier to yourself, open it on your iPhone and tap the attachment to import the contacts from your Mac to your phone.
The contacts on your phone should now match your Mac.

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