not to be outdone - Longman Dictionary

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not to be outdonenot to be outdone ; COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATin order not to let someone else do better or seem better than you ... nottobeoutdoneFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishnottobeoutdonenottobeoutdoneCOMPETEWITH/TRYTOBEATinordernottoletsomeoneelsedobetterorseembetterthanyou  Nottobeoutdone,othercomputermanufacturersarealsodonatingmachinestoschools.→outdoExamplesfromtheCorpusnottobeoutdone•BobDole,thefront-runner,wasnottobeoutdone.•Nottobeoutdonebythegirls,theboys'teamalsowonitssecondteamtitle.•TheTramroadCompany,nottobeoutdone,illuminatedsomeoftheirowncarsbothinsideandout.•Althoughonlyfragmentsremain,Dunseverickmanagesnottobeoutdoneinthelegendstakes.•KingCharles,nottobeoutdone,thenmadetheabandonedwifeaduchess,thetitletodiewithher. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Occupations Paintinganddrawing Industry Advertising&marketing Seealltopics Wordoftheday satisfactory somethingthatissatisfactoryseemsgoodenoughforyou,orgoodenoughforaparticularsituationorpurpose



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