ENGLISH DICTIONARY

One-up-manship

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: One-up-manship is a noun meaning Alternative form of one-upmanship.

Meaning

Alternative form of one-upmanship.

Example Sentences

In truth, he'd passed me by with a devilish grin on his face and a look of challenging one-up-manship.
Ebiz.com also developed a culture of time one-up-manship‚ in which employees challenged each other to stay for longer and longer hours.
In the lounge, Lorenson was at a desk in the corner looking over his notes, and suppressing a smile at this bit of one-up-manship (or even worse, one-up-womanship) over Brewster.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include one-upsmanship, oneupmanship, upperhand, brinksmanship, under-handedness, gimmickery.

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