one-up·man·ship
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Definition of one-upmanship
: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor
engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship
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A Countdown of Words with Numbers 10-1
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From 'hang ten' to 'one-horse town'
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one-upmanship
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English Language Learners Definition of one-upmanship
: behavior in which someone tries to get an advantage by doing, saying, or having better things than someone else
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The first known use of one-upmanship was in 1952
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