1. one up - Noun
2. one up - Verb
one up (third-person singular simple present one ups, present participle one upping, simple past and past participle one upped)
(idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
Every year the neighbors try to one-up each other with their holiday lights.
(especially in phrases like get one up on someone) An advantage over someone.
WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.
(video games) Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”)
If you hit that block, you can get a one up.
one-up (third-person singular simple present one-ups, present participle one-upping, simple past and past participle one-upped)
Alternative form of one up
one-up (plural one-ups)
Alternative form of one up
one-up
A wide and a dot follow, then Cooper picks one up and then some, down on one knee to turn length ball into a half-volley, carting a one-bounce four over deep backward square. Source: Internet
At the quark level, W − emission turns a down quark into an up quark, turning a neutron (one up quark and two down quarks) into a proton (two up quarks and one down quark). Source: Internet
Bergreen, p. 183 But it was not just to one-up rival Sarnoff that Paley led his talent raid; he, and all of radio, had their eye on the coming force that threw a shadow over radio throughout the 1940s – television. Source: Internet
A Conspiracy in Belgravia works well on its own as the mystery within is contained to this one book, however I feel it's best if you read the first book before picking this one up. Source: Internet
Grocery store manager Joanne Swartz set one up on the grass near her Huntington Beach apartment complex and called it “Jo’s Love Pantry.” Source: Internet
Gallo keeps warning people about Violet from Firehouse 20, saying she will always try to one-up him and they are not understanding him as she is the devil. Source: Internet