"one-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-up (plural one-ups)
  1. Alternative form of one up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: one up
    Sense id: en-one-up-en-noun--5TmO9CX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

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. Alternative form of one up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: one up
    Sense id: en-one-up-en-verb--5TmO9CX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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