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An advantage over someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Examples
- WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: video-games
Examples
- If you hit that block, you can get a one up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
имам малко преимущество
(imam malko preimuštestvo)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Czech:
přetrumfnout
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Czech:
zajistit si výhodu
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Finnish:
pistää paremmaksi
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Finnish:
panna paremmaksi
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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French:
surpasser
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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German:
um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Hungarian:
leköröz
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Hungarian:
lepipál
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Hungarian:
orrhosszal megelőz
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Icelandic:
bera af
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Icelandic:
skara fram úr
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Icelandic:
reka á stampinn
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Polish:
zyskiwać przewagę
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Polish:
zyskać przewagę
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Portuguese:
superar
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Romanian:
întrece
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Romanian:
depăși
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
превосходи́ть
(prevosxodítʹ)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
превзойти́
(prevzojtí)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
переплёвывать
(perepljóvyvatʹ)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
переплю́нуть
(perepljúnutʹ)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
уде́лывать
(udélyvatʹ)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Russian:
уде́лать
(udélatʹ)
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Spanish:
superar
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Swedish:
bräcka
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Swedish:
överträffa
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Swedish:
överglänsa
— do something slightly better than a competitor
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Swedish:
bräda
— do something slightly better than a competitor