one-up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for one-up in the English»French Dictionary

one-up <pres part one-upping; pret, pp one-upped> [ˌwʌnˈʌp] VB trans Am inf

one-up person:

one-up

surenchérir sur

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to put on one's make-up

se maquiller

to remove one's make-up

se démaquiller

Translations for one-up in the French»English Dictionary

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se remaquiller

to redo one's make-up

se remaquiller (faire des retouches)

to touch up one's make-up

se démaquiller

to remove one's make-up

calculer son élan SPORTS

to judge one's run-up

faire de la surenchère

to try to go one better, to try to get one up

recevoir son rappel ou sa feuille de rappel soldat:

to get one's call-up papers

prendre ses marques (en saut)

to plan one's run-up

se refaire une beauté

to redo one's make-up

one-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for one-up in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

se remaquiller

to do one's make-up again

faire un raccord inf (de maquillage)

to fix one's make-up

se maquiller

to put on one's make-up

se faire beau(belle) (se maquiller)

to put on one's make-up

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If she always writes back, both parties should try to one-up each other in difficulty and creepiness: messages burned in lawns, random check-ins through skywriting, holiday cards in snow urine.

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Both men continue to do morally reprehensible things in an attempt to one-up each other, and eventually they begin to question their actions.

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