"one up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one up.ogg Forms: one ups [plural]
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) Categories (topical): Video games
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: one-up Related terms: get one up on, go one better, one-upmanship, show off, show up

Verb

Audio: En-au-one up.ogg Forms: one ups [present, singular, third-person], one upping [participle, present], one upped [participle, past], one upped [past]
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), superar (Portuguese), întrece (Romanian), depăși (Romanian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [formal, perfective] (Russian), переплю́нуть (perepljúnutʹ) [informal, perfective] (Russian), superar (Spanish), bräcka (Swedish), överträffa (Swedish), överglänsa (Swedish), bräda (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: one-up

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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        "idiomatic"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "imam malko preimuštestvo",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "имам малко преимущество"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "přetrumfnout"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zajistit si výhodu"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "pistää paremmaksi"
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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": "surpasser"
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "leköröz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "lepipál"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "orrhosszal megelőz"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "bera af"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "skara fram úr"
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      "code": "is",
      "english": "outdo in a debate",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "reka á stampinn"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "superar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "întrece"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "depăși"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prevzojtí",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
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      "word": "превзойти́"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
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      "word": "переплю́нуть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "superar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "bräcka"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "överträffa"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "överglänsa"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do something slightly better than a competitor",
      "word": "bräda"
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}

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      "form": "one ups",
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      "word": "get one up on"
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    {
      "word": "go one better"
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      "word": "one-upmanship"
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      "word": "show off"
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      "word": "show up"
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          "text": "WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.",
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        "An advantage over someone."
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        "(especially in phrases like \"get one up on someone\") An advantage over someone."
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        "in phrases like \"get one up on someone\""
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        "(video games) Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”)"
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    {
      "word": "one-up"
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