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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
go one better en · VERB
Meanings
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To take a bet and add another to it.
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To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before.
Arsenal, who have finished second for the past three seasons, added Spain international Martin Zubimendi to their midfield for £60m this summer as they look to go one better and win the title.
2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport:
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one up · do someone one better