go one better in English

Forms: goes one better [present, singular, third-person], going one better [participle, present], went one better [past], gone one better [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> one better}} go one better (third-person singular simple present goes one better, present participle going one better, simple past went one better, past participle gone one better)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes one better",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going one better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went one better",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone one better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> one better"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "word": "do someone one better"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "word": "one up"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take a bet and add another to it."
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_one_better-en-verb-ePkms-36",
      "links": [
        [
          "outdo",
          "outdo"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go one better"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes one better",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going one better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went one better",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone one better",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> one better"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
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      "word": "do someone one better"
    },
    {
      "word": "one up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take a bet and add another to it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outdo",
          "outdo"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go one better"
}

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"go one better" meaning in English

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