Meaning
To make a point of outdoing, outperforming, outclassing, etc., someone.
Examples
I hate telling stories around Jack because he always tries to one-up you with some fabulous anecdote of his own.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘one-up (someone)’ mean?
The idiom ‘one-up (someone)’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘one-up (someone)’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘one-up (someone)’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.