- past participle of outdo.
outdone
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Not to be outdone, Ohtani led off the fifth inning with a single, but the Dodgers failed to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was outdone just this week when someone paid $50 million for a Gus the T-Rex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Not wanting to be outdone by the other, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland all came out of the blocks firing in their respective nations' opening fixtures.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Not to be outdone, Claude chatbot and coding assistant maker Anthropic filed its confidential IPO plans with regulators Monday, setting up a likely $70 billion capital raising with a valuation approaching $1 trillion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The people of Chutreaux did not wish to be outdone, on earth or especially in heaven.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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