| 释义 |
go one better1Narrowly surpass a previous effort or achievement: I want to go one better this time and score...- But the French are here, and won't accept anything less than going one better than their shock effort in 1999, in which they progressed to the final.
- Now everyone is really thrilled to have gone one better in achieving All Ireland honours.
- In particular, he hoped to go one better than was achieved at the group's Brindley Place development in Birmingham, where members of the public raised £50m to invest in the property.
1.1Narrowly outdo (another person): he went one better than Black by reaching the final...- They kicked 12 wides in all but their opponents outdid them in that department went one better with 13.
- The five-year-old is napped to go one better, following a narrow defeat at the same course last week.
- They went one better than having a failed film star as president, and now have as head of state someone who is a complete and utter failure at everything other than being a complete loser.
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