outdo

• out-do

From out- +‎ do.

• (US) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈdu/

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• Rhymes: -uː

outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)

1. (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

   You've outdone yourself—another personal best!

• (to surpass): to outperform, to outrival, improve on

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outdo”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “outdo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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