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outdone

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out·do  (out-d)
tr.v. out·did (-dd), out·done (-dn), out·do·ing, out·does (-dz)
To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel.
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Not to disgrace himself before a new spectator--not to be outdone by Oblonsky--that too was a thought that crossed his brain.
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She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
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But unfortunately in bestowing these embraces, a pin in her ladyship's head dress slightly scratching the child's neck, produced from this pattern of gentleness such violent screams, as could hardly be outdone by any creature professedly noisy.
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