outdo
to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
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How to use outdo in a sentence
The candidates are outdoing one another in outrageous commitments to sound tough.
Romney, Gingrich, Huntsman, and Pawlenty are outdoing one another with policy backflips.
Its season finale, which airs Thursday night, could see the show outdoing itself yet again.
You are outdoing my former boss when it comes to frustrating the people covering you.
This creates another irony: you are outdoing my former boss when it comes to frustrating the people covering you.
Each woman seemed to have planned outdoing the others in conceits which marked her own fairness.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodOne young man in particular seemed intent on outdoing all the rest—a fair-haired little fellow with a snub nose and pince-nez.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias NilsenHe has written me exhaustive letters, and seems to be outdoing even you in the amount of energizing which he puts forth.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William JamesStill the boats pressed on, every rower apparently outdoing himself, if not outdoing everything else.
Donald and Dorothy | Mary Mapes DodgeEveryone outdoing himself in sweet reasonableness and persuasive argument—hardly an undignified note anywhere.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II | William James
British Dictionary definitions for outdo
/ (ˌaʊtˈduː) /
(tr) to surpass or exceed in performance or execution
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