outdo
verb/ˌaʊtˈduː/
/ˌaʊtˈduː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they outdo | /ˌaʊtˈduː/ /ˌaʊtˈduː/ |
| he / she / it outdoes | /ˌaʊtˈdʌz/ /ˌaʊtˈdʌz/ |
| past simple outdid | /ˌaʊtˈdɪd/ /ˌaʊtˈdɪd/ |
| past participle outdone | /ˌaʊtˈdʌn/ /ˌaʊtˈdʌn/ |
| -ing form outdoing | /ˌaʊtˈduːɪŋ/ /ˌaʊtˈduːɪŋ/ |
- outdo somebody/something to do more or better than somebody else synonym beat
- Sometimes small firms can outdo big business when it comes to customer care.
- Not to be outdone (= not wanting to let somebody else do better), she tried again.
- The brothers tried to outdo each other in everything.
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