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out-do

out-do is the alternative form of outdo.

Meaning of outdo

Verb

outdo (third-person singular simple present outdoes, present participle outdoing, simple past outdid, past participle outdone)

  1. (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
    • You've outdone yourself—another personal best!
    Synonyms:
    to outperform, to outrival, improve on, overtake, eclipse

Forms of out-do

third-person singular presentout-does
present participleout-doing
pastout-did
past participleout-done

Questions about out-do

What is out-do the alternative form of?
Out-do is the alternative form of outdo.

Words near out-do in the dictionary

  1. out-clearings
  2. out-college
  3. out-did
  4. out-district
  5. out-districts
  6. out-do
  7. out-does
  8. out-doing
  9. out-done
  10. out-dwell
  11. out-fit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out-do (page history and authors); outdo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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