outdo

Related to outdo: outdone

outdo (oneself)

To outperform or outclass one's previous actions or efforts. Wow, Mom, this chili is delicious—you really outdid yourself! The legal team have outdone themselves with this contract.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

outdo oneself

To do something exceptional or superb, especially in relation to past efforts: outdid himself in preparing dinner.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • outdo (oneself)
  • outdo oneself
  • leave (something or someone) standing
  • leave somebody/something standing
  • leave someone or something standing
  • knock (the) spots off (someone or something)
  • knock spots off
  • knock spots off somebody/something
  • knock spots off someone/something
  • cook to perfection
References in periodicals archive
Most of the disputes have been due to personality differences, accidents, misunderstandings, or escalating "flame wars" where each tries to outdo the other with insults -- rather than substantive disagreements.
"Everybody's trying to outdo one another in terms of how big they're going to make the prom," says Garfield Bowen, publisher of Prom Guide.
Innes' enthusiasm creates a desire to try the projects, many of which would outdo Martha Stewart, Here and there Innes includes some craft technique or process that could involve a parent and child working together.-I.E.J.
Sure enough, the Roman pontiffs currently outdo the American presidents in this regard.
Sydney, Mar 19 ( ANI ): The official song for the ICC World Twenty20 is reportedly set to outdo what Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Claudia Leitte come up with for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with its inspirational lyrics and 'bombastic rocking' tunes.
On Monday, free agent wide receiver Chad Johnson decided to outdo Gill with a treadmill performance of his own.
Early reports from the streets suggest that Captain Cole is not only shooting an interview that justifies his win, he's clocking photos that may outdo his entire year altogether.
Wasn't it just a few months ago that both parties were trying to outdo each other in their support for free trade?
The Manhattan condo market h entered the year 2000 with so much momentum that it promises even to outdo 1999, which itself was one of the strongest ever years for sales an prices.
Although extremely rudimentary today, such devices may eventually outdo conventional computers by exploiting the quantum-mechanical nature of matter.
Scelus is a key word in Seneca and it is expressed in two of the most popular Senecan commonplaces in Elizabethan drama: "Per scelera semper sceleribus tutum est iter" ("For crimes the safe way always leads through more crimes" from Agamemnon 115) and "Scelera non ulcisceris, / nisi uincis" ("Great crimes you don't avenge, unless you outdo them" spoken by Atreus in Thyestes 195-96).
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Jones has chosen England pace spearhead James Anderson, his talented co-bowler Stuart Broad and spin star Graeme Swann as some of the main threats to Australia and has given tips on how to outdo them.
And in performing an incredible five nights at Wembley Arena, he is even managing to outdo most major rock bands.
In the glitz and glamour of polymorphous art worlds at the brink of pandemonium, where each gigabyte of art strives to outdo all others, these quiet, systematic studies in painting are a special kind of spiritual exercise.