outdo
verb (used with object)
to surpass in execution or performance.
had outdone
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past perfectof outdo.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And when the Aces called timeout with eight-tenths of a seconds remaining, with the full-throated roar still echoing through Climate Pledge, it seemed as if she had outdone herself.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
An actual rainbow arched over the park’s thunder-shower-soaked parking lot as the sun set, prompting several attendees to joke that Disney had outdone itself with Pride theming this year.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
There was just one problem: Light’s marketing material suggested the phone was “designed to be used as little as possible,” and the creators had outdone themselves.
From The Verge ● Sep. 4, 2019
With the “Subterranean” clip, Pennebaker and Dylan had outdone them by inventing the promotional music video, some 25 years before MTV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2019
In Rome, Major de Coverley had outdone himself with the apartments.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
