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Meanings of outdo in English

Portuguese
superar
Catalan
superar
Spanish
superar

Be or do something to a greater degree.

      superar
      Portuguese
      superar
      Catalan
      triomfar
      Spanish
      superar

      Get the better of.

            superar
            Usage of outdo in English
            1
            The denizens of Joffrey's court had striven to outdo each other today.
            A clash of kings
            2
            Designer Elizabeth Emanuel said Diana wanted to outdo all previous royal brides.
            News.com.au
            3
            Everybody in San Sebastian seemed resolved to outdo every other in kindness.
            Familiar Spanish Travels
            4
            They made proposals for biospheres, trying to outdo one another in creativity.
            Midnight at the well of souls
            5
            I don't know why I try so hard to outdo you, Dana.
            Made of honor
            6
            But even Bobby did not outdo the rest of us in willingness.
            A Great Emergency and Other Tales
            7
            Every one tried to outdo the other in saying caustic, spiteful things.
            The Created Legend
            8
            But this time I mean to outdo him in breadth of intention.
            Middlemarch
            9
            He had to outdo the rest of us that much or bust.
            Laddie: A True Blue Story
            10
            Each person strives to outdo the rest of his or her acquaintances.
            The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
            11
            Only frugality enables them to outdo the rich on their own ground.
            Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
            12
            Broad We've never had that edge to want to outdo each other.
            The Guardian
            13
            It was cool to outdo Säpo in their own field of expertise.
            The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
            14
            New York tried to outdo Vienna and London in honoring Mark Twain.
            The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
            15
            When it comes to cute, Smart aims to outdo Mini and Fiat
            BBC
            16
            It is a privilege and challenge to outdo nature on occasion.
            The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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