outdoverb [ T ]
uk/ˌaʊtˈduː/us/ˌaʊtˈduː/outdid, outdoneto be, or do something, better than someone else:
He always tries to outdo everybody else in the class.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- outran
- outrun
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- overshadow
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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Idiom(s)
not to be outdone