outdo
verb (used with object), out·did, out·done, out·do·ing.
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transcend, outstrip, outsmart, eclipse, excel, outclass, outmaneuver, outshine, outfox, surpass, outdistance, bulldoze, exceed, lick, beat, top, snow, down, defeat, cookExamples from the Web for outdid
Contemporary Examples of outdid
Many authors are lauded for successfully capturing the zeitgeist but Zweig outdid them all.
After an uproar that outdid any cases Monti ever had involving only humans, the case was eventually dropped.
Woman Bites Her Dog, Illinois Police Say, Charging Analise Garner With the AssaultMichael Daly
May 1, 2012
If Reinhart managed to do anything, he outdid actor James Denton in the uncomfortable witness category.
Historical Examples of outdid
But when she formed a woman—it was then first, that she outdid herself, and improved her own design.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
So they outdid one another in the hope of reinstating themselves.
The Web of the Golden SpiderFrederick Orin Bartlett
In the 1601 Mark Twain outdid himself in the Elizabethan field.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
But the blue waves were the heavier; in mass alone they outdid the grey.
The Long RollMary Johnston
But at that word the woman caught fire, blazed up, and outdid him in rage.
In Kings' BywaysStanley J. Weyman