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# outdo

«outdo» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do better than them, to beat them at something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (outdo, outdoes, outdid, outdone, outdoing)

### meaning for a pupil

To outdo someone is to do better than them, to beat them at something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

clever rivals try to beat each other with tricks or tasks

### examples

- Can you outdo me at running? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/#x1)
- The clever fox tried to outdo the wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/#x2)
- Sam tried to outdo his sister with a bigger cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/#x3)

### note

it shows a comparison: if one amount outdoes another, the difference between them is found by subtracting

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outdo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.