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Definition of one up in English: one upadjective informal Having an advantage over someone. you're always trying to be one up on whoever you're with Example sentencesExamples - Conceding two goals after being one up with less than five minutes to go is not easy to take.
- Louise covered my tracks and I got a hug from Sondheim, which in my book is one up on a French kiss from Mozart.
- He has one up on Jack when it comes to clear insight and common sense.
- Can anyone believe if it were said that the latter has come one up against the former.
- On the basis that more people drink Guinness than Bass, then he's already one up on Bertie.
- Sweetshops around the city have pulled out all stops in trying to go one up on their rivals.
- The ladies on the stage were seen by some as one up from prostitutes - that was the view then.
- The first half produced very little to get excited about and in truth Wrexham should have been at least one up.
- Incidentally, if you live in Stirling you get into the castle free, which is one up on the citizens of Edinburgh.
- But on the back of a motorbike you are one up from the scum on the street.
verb informal with object Gain an advantage over. he deftly one-upped the interrogator Example sentencesExamples - Since the words didn't change within that ten second interval I had to conclude that if you have the audacity to present some idiotic idea for a research grant that some institute will one-up you by actually funding the project.
- I tried to explain to Rob this whole long talk I had with my professor about life, but Rob one-upped me by telling me a story about how he got in real big trouble and got a really big fine.
- Maybe someday we'll start one-upping another in the job hunt by going to grad school.
- But a coalition of Quebec-based groups have decided to one-up the UN, making all of next week the Week of Action Against Racism.
- The spatial limitations didn't restrain these performances at all: they grandstanded, one-upped each other, and made what I can only describe as ‘European’ arm gestures at the audience in a bravura display.
- Well, it is not news that the news networks are always trying to one-up each other, but tonight, they're taking their battle to the Internet, and it could change how you find out the day's news.
- Adopting the one-up system he had studied at the European Championships in Portugal, Moyes has busied his ranks of willing midfielders in supporting a lone attacker whilst keeping the solid shape of the team.
- I was on my way to listen to them bicker and one-up each other all afternoon while I wondered how to justify in my own mind my participation in this ‘holiday’.
- When we last saw Tommy, he was figuring out how his Auburn Tigers could one-up the party in Miami and gain a split national championship with some well-timed posturing and pleading after his little tryst with Frank in New Orleans.
- Across the water is the competitive dad of the Murtaugh clan, and soon he and Martin are at odds, enlisting their kids to try and one-up each other.
- The program also one-ups Netscape by letting you choose to be notified of sites attempting to set prohibited cookies.
- The idea is that atheists should call themselves ‘brights’ as a way to distinguish themselves and to intellectually one-up those benighted believers.
- Around the dinner table tonight, the topic of weblog popularity came up, so we took turns one-upping each other about how little we care about being popular.
- I just don't see why we have to one-up each other.
- Speaking of awards ceremonies, it appears that the ARIAs are about to be one-upped by the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
- This means either that Allen has become a more generous writer with age that allows himself to be one-upped by his onscreen opponents or this is a sad signal of his becoming unmotivated and tired of being the funniest man in his films.
- Man, just when I thought I'd done a decent job of promoting the blogosphere, Pejman one-ups me.
- Beaming, the designer of the horse-bottle-giraffe combo retreated behind the studio curtains as another designer emerged, ready to one-up his opponent with still loftier flights of Photoshop-fancy.
- ‘Yeah, too bad it didn't win’ said Kate, taking advantage of her opportunity to one-up Holly
- The year-old LA store even one-upped the two SF Bay Area locations by adding an upstairs and packing in an even more ludicrous amount of music.
Definition of one up in US English: one upadjective informal Having a psychological advantage over someone. you're always trying to be one up on whoever you're with Example sentencesExamples - Louise covered my tracks and I got a hug from Sondheim, which in my book is one up on a French kiss from Mozart.
- The first half produced very little to get excited about and in truth Wrexham should have been at least one up.
- He has one up on Jack when it comes to clear insight and common sense.
- The ladies on the stage were seen by some as one up from prostitutes - that was the view then.
- But on the back of a motorbike you are one up from the scum on the street.
- Conceding two goals after being one up with less than five minutes to go is not easy to take.
- Incidentally, if you live in Stirling you get into the castle free, which is one up on the citizens of Edinburgh.
- Can anyone believe if it were said that the latter has come one up against the former.
- On the basis that more people drink Guinness than Bass, then he's already one up on Bertie.
- Sweetshops around the city have pulled out all stops in trying to go one up on their rivals.
verb [with object]one-upinformal Do better than (someone) he deftly one-upped the interrogator Example sentencesExamples - But a coalition of Quebec-based groups have decided to one-up the UN, making all of next week the Week of Action Against Racism.
- This means either that Allen has become a more generous writer with age that allows himself to be one-upped by his onscreen opponents or this is a sad signal of his becoming unmotivated and tired of being the funniest man in his films.
- Across the water is the competitive dad of the Murtaugh clan, and soon he and Martin are at odds, enlisting their kids to try and one-up each other.
- When we last saw Tommy, he was figuring out how his Auburn Tigers could one-up the party in Miami and gain a split national championship with some well-timed posturing and pleading after his little tryst with Frank in New Orleans.
- Since the words didn't change within that ten second interval I had to conclude that if you have the audacity to present some idiotic idea for a research grant that some institute will one-up you by actually funding the project.
- Adopting the one-up system he had studied at the European Championships in Portugal, Moyes has busied his ranks of willing midfielders in supporting a lone attacker whilst keeping the solid shape of the team.
- Around the dinner table tonight, the topic of weblog popularity came up, so we took turns one-upping each other about how little we care about being popular.
- Beaming, the designer of the horse-bottle-giraffe combo retreated behind the studio curtains as another designer emerged, ready to one-up his opponent with still loftier flights of Photoshop-fancy.
- The spatial limitations didn't restrain these performances at all: they grandstanded, one-upped each other, and made what I can only describe as ‘European’ arm gestures at the audience in a bravura display.
- The idea is that atheists should call themselves ‘brights’ as a way to distinguish themselves and to intellectually one-up those benighted believers.
- Man, just when I thought I'd done a decent job of promoting the blogosphere, Pejman one-ups me.
- ‘Yeah, too bad it didn't win’ said Kate, taking advantage of her opportunity to one-up Holly
- The program also one-ups Netscape by letting you choose to be notified of sites attempting to set prohibited cookies.
- Well, it is not news that the news networks are always trying to one-up each other, but tonight, they're taking their battle to the Internet, and it could change how you find out the day's news.
- Maybe someday we'll start one-upping another in the job hunt by going to grad school.
- The year-old LA store even one-upped the two SF Bay Area locations by adding an upstairs and packing in an even more ludicrous amount of music.
- I was on my way to listen to them bicker and one-up each other all afternoon while I wondered how to justify in my own mind my participation in this ‘holiday’.
- Speaking of awards ceremonies, it appears that the ARIAs are about to be one-upped by the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
- I just don't see why we have to one-up each other.
- I tried to explain to Rob this whole long talk I had with my professor about life, but Rob one-upped me by telling me a story about how he got in real big trouble and got a really big fine.
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