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
Baldovino-Italian
TomÁSto-MAHS (Spanish), too-MASH (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Pharez-Biblical
LettyLET-eeEnglish
Murtaza-Arabic
Hickey['hiki]