v
(literally) To come underneath (something).
n
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
v
(transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.
n
A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.
v
(transitive) To overlay (a child).
v
(African-American English) To increase someone's sense of their importance or skill; to make confident.
v
(dated) To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion.
v
(Scotland or poetic) Alternative form of overlay [(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.]
v
(idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
v
Alternative form of one up [(idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.]
v
(transitive) To exceed in speed or velocity; outstrip.
v
(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.
adj
(idiomatic, sports) Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To bow or bend (something) over; to bend in a contrary direction.
v
(transitive) To change or affect so as to pervade (something); to come over
v
(transitive) To go over; pass; traverse.
v
(chiefly Scotland) To overtake; to catch up with.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To leap over; skip over; omit.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To affront; treat with indignity.
n
(architecture, obsolete) A lintel.
v
(transitive) To slide over or past.
v
(intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate.
v
To cause (someone, someone's thoughts or intentions etc.) to go in a particular direction; to influence.
n
An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
n
(obsolete) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
v
(transitive) To be higher than; to rise over the top of.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
v
(intransitive) to become more lively or enthusiastic.
n
(obsolete) An exaggeration.
v
To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.
n
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
v
(transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.
v
(intransitive) To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
v
(obsolete) To climb; to mount.
v
(transitive) To bring under yoke; make subject.
v
To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
n
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
n
(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
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