ONE-UPMANSHIP


Meaning of ONE-UPMANSHIP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌwən-ˈəp-mən-ˌship ]

noun

also one-ups·man·ship -ˈəps-mən-

Date: 1952

: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor

engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.