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outdo

  • /aʊtˈdu/ US

Rhymes with -uː

verb outdoes · outdoing · outdid · outdone · out-do

  1. transitive To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. You've outdone yourself—another personal best!

    Similar: to outperform, to outrival, improve on, overtake, eclipse

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verb to go beyond

Españollucirse, excederse a sí mismo
日本語凌ぐ shinogu, 打ち勝つ uchikatsu
中文超過 /超过 chāoguò, 勝過 /胜过 shèngguò
Portuguêssuperar
Françaissurpasser
Deutschübertreffen
Italianofare meglio
Русскийпревосходи́ть prevosxodítʹ, превзойти́ prevzojtí, перещеголя́ть pereščegoljátʹ

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@misc{outdo_2026,
  title = {outdo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outdo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}