One up

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Transitive verb phrase 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Transitive verb phrase

one up, one-up

1. To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor did last time

   Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday light displays.

Noun

1. (some video games) an additional life or an object that increases the player's number of chances or "lives" by one

   If you hit that block, you can get a one-up.

Translations

• extraliv n

See also

• one-upsmanship
• show off
• show up