I just can't seem to outdo him. I've got a lot to learn.
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Outdo
//aʊtˈdu//
Synonyms for "outdo" (99 found)
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Translations
40 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερβάλλω verb (to go beyond)
Bulgarian
2 entries- надминавам verb (to go beyond)
- превъзхождам verb (to go beyond)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 勝過 /胜过 verb (to go beyond)
- 超過 /超过 verb (to go beyond)
Czech
1 entries- překonat verb (to go beyond)
Dutch
1 entries- overtreffen verb (to go beyond)
Finnish
1 entries- päihittää verb (to go beyond)
French
1 entries- surpasser verb (to go beyond)
Galician
1 entries- superar verb (to go beyond)
German
1 entries- übertreffen verb (to go beyond)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to go beyond)
Hungarian
4 entries- felülmúl verb (to go beyond)
- lepipál verb (to go beyond)
- túlszárnyal verb (to go beyond)
- túltesz verb (to go beyond)
Indonesian
1 entries- melampaui verb (to go beyond)
Italian
1 entries- fare meglio verb (to go beyond)
Japanese
2 entries- 凌ぐ verb (to go beyond)
- 打ち勝つ verb (to go beyond)
Latin
2 entries- praecellō verb (to go beyond)
- superō verb (to go beyond)
Māori
1 entries- pahika verb (to go beyond)
Polish
4 entries- przewyższać verb (to go beyond)
- przewyższać verb (to go beyond)
- prześcigać verb (to go beyond)
- prześcignąć verb (to go beyond)
Portuguese
1 entries- superar verb (to go beyond)
Russian
3 entries- перещеголя́ть verb (to go beyond)
- превзойти́ verb (to go beyond)
- превосходи́ть verb (to go beyond)
Spanish
4 entries- exceder verb (to go beyond)
- excederse a sí mismo verb (to go beyond)
- llevar en la balastra verb (to go beyond)
- lucirse verb (to go beyond)
Swedish
1 entries- överträffa verb (to go beyond)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He has excellent techniques which would outdo a specialist.
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They are constantly trying to outdo each other.
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Tom is trying to outdo Mary.
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