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go one better
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
The 24-year-old Norwegian had to settle for indoor silver in 2022, as he did outdoors in both 2022 and 2023 - finishing second to Britons Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr - and will be determined to go one better here as he seeks to replicate that double on the global stage.
The success he enjoyed only brought more pressure to go one better than he did in 2024.
Even when losing star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson they traded for Za'Darius Smith, external, which is a great move that could see them go one better than last year and reach the Super Bowl.
The Red Roses, runaway leaders at the top of the world rankings and on a 20-match winning streak, are clear favourites to go one better than they did in New Zealand in 2022.
After Scotland gave Australia a scare at the T20 World Cup in June, there was some hope that they could go one better and provide an upset in Edinburgh.
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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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