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one-up

One-up means to try to have an advantage over someone. (verb)

An example of one-up is when you always feel the need to correct everyone around you to make yourself look smarter than them.

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See one-up in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See one-up in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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