surpass (oneself)
surpass (oneself)
To do better in some activity or deed than one has ever been able to accomplish. The president has surpassed himself with this State of the Union address, delivering one of the most powerful and inspiring speeches in recent memory. Congratulations, team, each and everyone of you surpassed yourselves on this project!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
surpass oneself
To do the best that one ever has done at a given activity.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- surpass
- surpass oneself
- surpassing
- surpass (someone or something) in (something)
- surpass in
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
- group
- see (one) in hell first
- see somebody in hell first
- be far and away the (something)