In the lounge, Lorenson was at a desk in the corner looking over his notes, and suppressing a smile at this bit of one-up-manship (or even worse, one-up-womanship) over Brewster.
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One-up-manship
Synonyms for "one-up-manship" (41 found)
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In truth, he'd passed me by with a devilish grin on his face and a look of challenging one-up-manship.
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Ebiz.com also developed a culture of time one-up-manship‚ in which employees challenged each other to stay for longer and longer hours.
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