"outdo" meaning in English

See outdo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈdu/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outdo.wav [UK] Forms: outdo [canonical], outdoes [third-person, singular], outdid [past], outdone [past, participle], outdoing [present, participle]
Etymology: out- + do Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|out|do}} out- + do Head templates: {{verb|outdo|outdoes|outdid|outdone|outdoing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you outdo an expectation, you perform better than what is expected of you.
    Sense id: simple-outdo-en-verb-2yvrXL6s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with out-
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