"one up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one up.ogg [Australia] Forms: one ups [plural], one-up [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one up (plural one ups)
  1. (especially in phrases like "get one up on someone") An advantage over someone. Tags: especially
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  2. (video games) Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 1-up (extra: extra life)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: get one up on, go one better, one-upmanship, show off, show up

Verb

Audio: En-au-one up.ogg [Australia] Forms: one ups [present, singular, third-person], one upping [participle, present], one upped [participle, past], one upped [past], one-up [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} one up (third-person singular simple present one ups, present participle one upping, simple past and past participle one upped)
  1. (idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: one-upper Translations (do something slightly better than a competitor): имам малко преимущество (imam malko preimuštestvo) (Bulgarian), přetrumfnout [perfective] (Czech), zajistit si výhodu [perfective] (Czech), pistää paremmaksi (Finnish), panna paremmaksi (Finnish), surpasser (French), um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein (German), leköröz (Hungarian), lepipál (Hungarian), orrhosszal megelőz (Hungarian), bera af (Icelandic), skara fram úr (Icelandic), reka á stampinn (english: outdo in a debate) (Icelandic), zyskiwać przewagę [imperfective] (Polish), zyskać przewagę [perfective] (Polish), superar (Portuguese), întrece (Romanian), depăși (Romanian), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [formal, perfective] (Russian), переплёвывать (perepljóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переплю́нуть (perepljúnutʹ) [informal, perfective] (Russian), уде́лывать (udélyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уде́лать (udélatʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian), superar (Spanish), bräcka (Swedish), överträffa (Swedish), överglänsa (Swedish), bräda (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort."
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        "(idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "imam malko preimuštestvo",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein"
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "leköröz"
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "orrhosszal megelőz"
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "reka á stampinn"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zyskiwać przewagę"
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      "word": "превосходи́ть"
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      "word": "bräcka"
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      "word": "go one better"
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      "word": "one-upmanship"
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        "(video games) Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”)."
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