Verb (used with object), : They one-upped the competition. From Dictionary.com.
Usually architects are trying to one-up each other. From Wordnik.com. [Up From The Ashes] Reference
Are you trying to one-up Jon Gosselin here or what?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2009] Reference
And we'd be arguing, always trying to one-up each other. From Wordnik.com. [A Farewell Lap For 'The Intimidator'] Reference
He always manages to one-up me if I try to prank him.: p. From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
A new app has just been released that hopes to one-up it. From Wordnik.com. [Forget iPhone MMS, Share 100 Pictures In An Instant With Knocking] Reference
"By the time we got to Evan, she was trying to one-up them.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ingenue] Reference
BAKER: I ` m going to one-up by half a point there - "B plus". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2008] Reference
Expect him to continue to one-up Clinton over the coming weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Gets Another Congressional Endorsement, Rep. Lois Capps of California] Reference
We're still insecure teenagers trying to one-up a grown-up sibling. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes Over La Quinta, California] Reference
HAMMER: Brooke, you know who else keeps trying to one-up each other?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2008] Reference
Hmmm. Maybe cause she thinks a female couldn't one-up her constantly?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context"] Reference
It looks like they ` re really trying to one-up each other these days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2008] Reference
Hillary Clinton trying to one-up Barack Obama with her anti-war stance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2008] Reference
The Donald ` s ex-wife, Ivana, is planning to one-up her former husband. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005] Reference
Sarah is going to one-up Barack and put all her personal emails online too. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign Falsely Attacks Obama For Something He Hasn't Said Yet] Reference
Plus, John McCain and Barack Obama try to one-up each other on the economy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2008] Reference
But i still shouldnt have touched him ... gives him the one-up now. bad me. From Wordnik.com. [wench77 Diary Entry] Reference
His method is to claim for his own and one-up everything Obama talks about. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Sharpens Attack On Clintons And "Corporate Democrats"] Reference
Eventually, they decided to one-up Soulé by tripling the restaurant's rent. From Wordnik.com. [La C��te Basque 2003: Capote's Backdrop To Fold Its Tent] Reference
Given the timing, it almost looks like they're trying to one-up Rolling Stone. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault] Reference
I would one-up you but my upbringing doesn't uphold that sort of uppity behavior. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's New Campaign Boss Begins Tightening Grip On Operation] Reference
I still type correctly, though, which is a serious one-up on my friends who I love. From Wordnik.com. [evolver Diary Entry] Reference
Well, Revlon is looking to one-up the competition against rivals L'Oreal and Clairol. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2007] Reference
LEMON: Revlon is looking to one-up the competition against rivals L'Oreal and Clairol. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2007] Reference
Tonight, it ` s a no-holds-barred battle of the divas as they try to one-up each other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2008] Reference
They're using the "e" word, experience, to try to one-up the competition or as a putdown. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
And then the Secret Service guy in the room will say, no, no, no, here's how we one-up it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2006] Reference
He may go home and plant a minty patch of his own or one-up you with a bed of lemon verbena. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Cowles: Righteously Green: The Risks of Eco Snobism] Reference
There were far too many beautiful women in that room, each of them trying to one-up the others. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
SCHEER: I'm actually scared for the next Britney tour, because now Britney has to one-up Madonna. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2004] Reference
And so everybody was looking to Michelle to see what she would do and who would one-up the other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference
I don't remember the details, but it is as if McCain wants to one-up Obama on part of his economic plan. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Plan To Help Balance Budget: Win War In Iraq] Reference
Says Frito-Lay's Stephen Liguori: "Before, advertisers tried to one-up each other; now, we're trying to one-up the Super Bowl half time.". From Wordnik.com. [The Real Super Bowl Battle] Reference
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