one-upping

verb

Definition of one-uppingnext
present participle of one-up
as in outrunning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-upping
  1. outrunning
  2. outpacing
  3. exceeding
  4. surpassing
  5. transcending
  6. eclipsing
  7. excelling
  8. outstripping
Verb
  • Meantime, government spending is out of control, with expenditures outrunning the tax receipts by just under $2 trillion.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • For one, by inserting Tillman, and shaving off some minutes for Porziņģis, Horford, and even Jayson Tatum, the Celtics should - theoretically - enter the postseason with far more energy, and fresh legs, providing them with an ample chance of simply outrunning their opposition.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of outrunning
Verb
  • Year to date, the stock is still up nearly 33%, outpacing the S & P 500′s 26% gain.
    Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In other economic news last week, November retail sales came in mixed, with the headline number outpacing expectations.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of outpacing
Verb
  • Enterprises in stages three and four, on the other hand, had financial performance well above industry average — exceeding 10 percentage points.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Crocs business continues to demonstrate strong overall performance, with a Q3 operating margin exceeding 25%, an impressive metric for a footwear company.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of exceeding
Verb
  • The movie Wicked has officially become the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in box office history, surpassing the movie musical Mamma Mia.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The 2024 edition marks the highest tally of all time, greatly surpassing Barack Obama’s previous record of 95,894 pages.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of surpassing
Verb
  • Today, Christmas combines such sacred traditions with cultural practices that bring people together, transcending religious boundaries to foster a spirit of joy and connection.
    Priscilla Whitehead, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The intimate venue, a joint collaboration between Bar Lab Hospitality and Link Miami Rebels, proved the perfect vessel for Lazarus’ genre-transcending journey through the underground.
    Jaime Sloane, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of transcending
Verb
  • Penn State has been an elite run defense all season, with only three teams rushing for more yards against the Nittany Lions this season than Boise State did — USC, Ohio State, Oregon — and only one other individual running back eclipsing 100 yards.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But now, with two games to play, the Philadelphia Eagles running back is 268 yards from eclipsing the mark of Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson, who set the league record of 2,105 with the Rams in 1984.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of eclipsing
Verb
  • Trinity first established herself on the national stage as a contestant on Drag Race season 6 in 2014, ultimately placing seventh in the overall competition after excelling at the stand-up comedy challenge and cementing her legacy as one of the season's lip-sync assassins.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Peete also had an impressive athletic background, excelling in football, basketball, and baseball during his high school years.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of excelling
Verb
  • But now, the digital world shifts at a much faster pace—outstripping the thought capacity of our physiological systems.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, technology sector earnings will likely grow at almost double the pace of the S&P 500 this year and are forecast to rise by about 20%, outstripping the S&P 500 again next year.
    Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of outstripping
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