go one better
to do something that is more advanced or more generous than someone else:
I gave her a card, but my brother went one better and bought her a present.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- north of sth idiom
- outran
- outrun
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- overshadow
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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