outdo
/aʊtˈdu/ verb B2- To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. · You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
He/she/it outdoes · Past outdid · Past participle outdone · -ing form outdoing
Verb forms
- Base form
- outdo
- He/she/it
- outdoes
- Past
- outdid
- Past participle
- outdone
- -ing form
- outdoing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
You will hardly bear to be long outdone by Jane.
Bertuccio had outdone himself in the taste displayed in furnishing, and in the rapidity with which it was executed.
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