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# outdo

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

«outdo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### In the lessons

clever rivals try to beat each other with tricks or tasks

### Examples

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outdo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outdo.html) on Mova free.