outdo
verb (outdo, outdoes, outdid, outdone, outdoing)
Everyday
To outdo someone is to do better than them, to beat them at something. tree →
In the lessons
clever rivals try to beat each other with tricks or tasks
Examples
- Can you outdo me at running? tree →
- The clever fox tried to outdo the wolf. tree →
- Sam tried to outdo his sister with a bigger cake. tree →
Note
it shows a comparison: if one amount outdoes another, the difference between them is found by subtracting
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «outdo» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «outdo» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/outdo/