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Outdo or surpass someone, as in He went one better than his teacher and came up with five more famous scientists . This expression originated in gambling games, where it meant “to offer a higher stake than one's opponent.” [Mid-1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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