Outdoing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which one person outdoes another.

    "It appears to me to be saying next to nothing, when they say that such a performer is capital, another inferior, that one has outdone his usual outdoings, and that another has outdone the outdoings of every body else."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of outdo form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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outperformsurpassbangbeatbeat all hollowbeat hollow

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"Imogen of the Internet drew a mustache on each of her fingers, outdoing all of her friends, who only thought to draw a mustache on one finger."

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