verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
try
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After they did this four more times I decided to try to outdo them, and got a sheet of glass ready.
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Each regiment tried to outdo all others in its appearance and its marching.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each state seems to be trying to outdo its neighbors in cutting health services.
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Kids always try to outdo each other in attracting the teacher's attention.
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Kwan outdid Bobek to win the finals.
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Not to be outdone, Stern went on television and made a speech of his own.
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The Canadian hockey team has outdone all its rivals.
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The singer outdid himself at the festival, singing for almost three hours to noisy applause.
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Western Europe and Japan managed to outdo their American competitors in some economic areas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bob Dole, the front-runner, was not to be outdone.
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Deane, the husband of the youngest Dodson sister, may outdo them all.
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Every clansman was determined to outdo the Campbells in display, and looked to his finery.
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It was the beneficent by-product of competition between companies, each trying to outdo its rivals in visible splendour and architectural might.
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Not to be outdone, Kim put through a new constitution in the North, also without objection or dissent.
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When my brother donated his bicycle to the large scrap drive, I donated our swing set to outdo him.