Crossword clues for outdone
outdone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
outdone \outdone\ adj. defeated.
Syn: bested.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of outdo English)
WordNet
v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, surmount, outperform]
get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" [syn: outflank, trump, best, scoop]
See outdo
Usage examples of "outdone".
Not to be outdone, other handlers got their dogs into the act and soon all the dogs were growling, biting and tearing husks off coconuts.
Not to be outdone by his archrival of Pitzburk, he was sending his hundred noble cavalry and seven thousand Freefighters .
Aziz, despite his unwillingness, had outdone himself in the gift wrappings.
He complimented his cloth again but Heather was not to be outdone, and soon the bartering was completed with both participants content.
Louisa, not to be outdone by anyone, had chosen to change it some slight degree in the style of the Parisians.
I retreated in haste, followed the porter and my bag up the vestibule steps, turned on the top step and saw that the ancient was giving me a very old-fashioned look indeed: not to be outdone in courtesy I gave him the same look right back and passed inside the hotel.
Oh, Ethan had outdone himself in the cute department, charming the flight attendants and making everyone in first class swoon.
One live mortar shell had outdone Gunny Holdren, Barnowsky, Taylor and me.
Topper, not to be outdone, snatched her fleeting triumph by saying that he was just as well pleased.
As the chief bent over to assist him to rise, he, too, as if not to be outdone by his superior, gave a remarkable demonstration of levitation.
Not to be outdone, Calamity also raised her glass and began to let the whisky flow down her throat.