upmanshipn.
colloquial.
= one-upmanship n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > psychological > art of
one-upmanship1952
upmanship1962
1962 Spectator 23 Nov. 837/2 (advt.) Upmanship is the art of being one up on all the others.
1967 Spectator 25 Aug. 212/2 He obviously thought I was trying upmanship on him before that word had been invented.
1976 Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune 29 June 19/1 (caption) Hospital upmanship: My Doc' is better'n yours!
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Sept. 666/1 In a moment of inspired upmanship this young moonlighting casualty officer had quietly dropped the word that he was a famous specialist in exotic diseases.
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n.1962- to get angels
- to get any
- to get anything on
- to get anything on a person
- to get anywhere
- to get around
- to get at
- to get at advantage
- to get at an advantage
- to get at avail
- to get at it
- to get at or hear the straight
- to get at the bottom of
- to get away
- to get away from it all
- to get away with
- to get away with it
- to get away with murder
- to get back
- to get back at
- to get back in one's box
- to get back into one's box
- to get back now less commonly on
- to get back to
- to get back to the world