Usually means: Outdo someone in a conversation.
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  1. one-up: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. one-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. one-up, one-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. one-up: Wordnik
  5. one-up: Wiktionary
  6. one-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. one-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. one-up: Dictionary.com
  9. one-up: Free Dictionary
  10. one-up: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. One-up: Game Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. one-up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (one-up)

verb:  Alternative form of one up [(idiomatic) To outdo, to perform something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.]
noun:  Alternative form of one up [(especially in phrases like "get one up on someone") An advantage over someone.]

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