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
Tatyannata-TYAN-əEnglish (Modern)
Sabinesa-BEEN (French), za-BEE-nə (German)French, German
Firuza-Azerbaijani, Tajik, Uzbek
Aldrich['ɔ:ldritʃ]
Somhairle-Scottish, Irish
Isokrates-Ancient Greek