outdone

outdone
Synonyms and related words:
all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated, discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted

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  • outdone — adj. defeated. Syn: bested. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Outdone — Outdo Out*do (out*d[=oo] ), v. t. [imp. {Outdid} (out*d[i^]d ); p. p. {Outdone} (out*d[u^]n ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outdoing}.] To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass. [1913 Webster] An imposture outdoes the original. L Estrange. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outdone — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from past participle of outdo chiefly South & Midland : provoked, vexed grumbled and … pretended to be greatly outdone with me R.P.Warren * * * outdone UK [ˌaʊtˈdʌn] US [aʊtˈdʌn] …   Useful english dictionary

  • outdone — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. surpassed, defeated, bettered, improved upon; see beaten 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • outdone — adj. was surpassed; was excelled ,out do || ‚aÊŠt duː v. surpass, excel …   English contemporary dictionary

  • outdone — out·done …   English syllables

  • outdone — UK [ˌaʊtˈdʌn] / US [aʊtˈdʌn] outdo …   English dictionary

  • not to be outdone — phrase used for saying that someone is trying to prove that they can do something as well as or better than someone else John offered me a drink and, not to be outdone, Jake found me a chair. Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not to be outdone — used for saying that someone is trying to prove that they can do something as well as or better than someone else John offered me a drink and, not to be outdone, Jake found me a chair …   English dictionary

  • outdo — [[t]a͟ʊtdu͟ː[/t]] outdoes, outdoing, outdid, outdone 1) VERB If you outdo someone, you are a lot more successful than they are at a particular activity. [V n] It was important for me to outdo them, to feel better than they were... [V n] Both… …   English dictionary

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