"fare a gara" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: fàre a gara [canonical], fàccio a gara [first-person, present, singular], féci a gara [first-person, historic, past, singular], fàtto a gara [participle, past], facévo a gara [first-person, imperfect, singular], fài a gara [imperative, second-person, singular], fà' a gara [imperative, second-person, singular], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to do at race”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to do at race}} “to do at race”, {{lit|to do at race}} Literally, “to do at race” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} fàre a gara (first-person singular present fàccio a gara, first-person singular past historic féci a gara, past participle fàtto a gara, first-person singular imperfect facévo a gara, second-person singular imperative fài a gara or fà' a gara, auxiliary avére)
  1. to strive to end up better or higher-ranked than others; to compete; to outdo; to one up Synonyms: competere, gareggiare
    Sense id: en-fare_a_gara-it-verb-HoJMhkEb Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks

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          "ref": "2020 October 13, Federico Rampini, “Battaglia per i voti over 65: l'ultima sfida Trump-Biden [Battle for the over-65 vote: the last Trump-Biden challenge]”, in la Repubblica",
          "text": "La novità è che fino a un mese fa i due settuagenari in corsa per la Casa Bianca facevano a gara per mostrarsi giovanili e in forma; Biden ha dovuto rintuzzare accuse di \"senilità\".",
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