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PONS OpenDict
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So it's meaningless, even if it's fun, to go around one-upping people's outrage.
www.theatlantic.com He's more interested in the team -- in winning -- than in how many extra sports cars he can afford, or one-upping some other parvenu in the salary sweepstakes.
news.nationalpost.com I guess you could call it a competition of one-upping other shows to see who can get the best/worst "zoomhance" sequence on the air.
www.slashfilm.com Over the hour they kept one-upping each other with increasingly inappropriate heroines.
www.spectator.co.uk In some sectors, including parts of the tech industry, companies compete intensely for workers, one-upping one another with perks and raises.
www.newyorker.com