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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.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
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