go one better

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English

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Verb

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go one better (third-person singular simple present goes one better, present participle going one better, simple past went one better, past participle gone one better)

  1. To take a bet and add another to it.
  2. To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before.

See also

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References

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  • Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).