one-up (someone)



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one-up (someone)

To make a point of outdoing, outperforming, outclassing, etc., someone. I hate telling stories around Jack because he always tries to one-up you with some fabulous anecdote of his own.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Grigor-Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian
DÉOdat-French
Mariona-Catalan
Margaridamar-ga-REE-də (Portuguese)Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Occitan
EmileeEM-ə-leeEnglish (Modern)
Mehetabelmi-HET-ə-bel (English), mee-HET-ə-bel (English)Biblical