aced (out)

verb

past tense of ace (out)
as in knocked over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aced (out)
  1. knocked over
  2. knocked off
  3. exceeded
  4. topped
  5. eclipsed
  6. surpassed
  7. transcended
  8. outstripped
Verb
  • When dogs are outside, make sure there's shade and plenty of water in a bowl that can't be knocked over.
    — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Trees are especially vulnerable to being knocked over from incoming gusts due to prolonged wet soil from yesterday's storm.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • Some have been Ukrainian drones knocked off course by Russian electronic warfare, such as the jamming of navigation signals, which can make their flight paths unpredictable and complicate decisions about whether and where to shoot them down.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Thunderstorms that sweep through the Kansas City area producing brilliant flashes of lightning and booming thunder knocked off power to around 10,000 customers in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked off
Verb
  • On his 2017 tax return, Krneta reported $321,000 in net income, even though his total income, which included about $4,000 derived from criminal activity, exceeded $400,000, the plea stated.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeded
Verb
  • Only three topped 40 catches, and Jaden Greathouse and Beaux Collins required a 16-game season to get there two years ago.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Digging for compliments Shares in mining giant BHP are trading higher in Australia, hitting a two-month high, after the company topped earnings expectations and unveiled plans to pay its highest dividend in four years.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of topped
Verb
  • With a length of almost 1,100 feet and displacing more than 100,000 tons, Nimitz-class carriers are among the world’s largest warships, eclipsed only by the US Navy’s Ford-class carriers, of which only one is in service to date.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • From the perspective of our health systems, this work is nice-to-have but eclipsed by the gritty realities of clinical care.
    — Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipsed
Verb
  • The average two-bedroom rent in the city has now surpassed New York City, traditionally the nation’s most expensive city for rents.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The government has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already, after oil prices surpassed the $85 benchmark that the estimate was based on.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpassed
Verb
  • But humanitarian workers say the government's earthquake response has transcended those tensions, reflecting the resilience of Colombia’s democracy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And there were many pieces of childhood that transcended culture.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of transcended
Verb
  • The moment the number of pages outstripped the number of people who could reasonably classify them, the future belonged to crawlers and ranking systems.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That overwhelming demand for data center buildouts has vastly outstripped the industry’s ability to supply it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of outstripped
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“Aced (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aced%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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