one up
Verb
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Verb
one up (one ups, present participle one upping; past and past participle one upped)
- (idiomatic) To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
- Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.
- "Time flies when you're having fun!" said one of the skiers in our party. "Yeah, but time's more fun when you're flying," Jay one-upped.
- French: surpasser
- German: um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein
- Russian: превзойти
one up (plural one ups)
- (especially in phrases like get one up on someone) An advantage over someone.
- WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.
- (video games) Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”)
- If you hit that block, you can get a one up.
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