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
CecilSEE-səl, SES-əlEnglish
Ami (3)ah-meeJapanese
Linnetteli-NETEnglish (Rare)
Baron['bærən]
Cenric-Anglo-Saxon
Matthiasmah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek