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piri [pí.ri.] : surpass (v.); upstage (v.)

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Glosses:
surpass
v. (stative)1. excel, stand out, surpassdistinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math"
~ top, exceed, go past, overstep, transcend, passbe superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
~ outrank, ranktake precedence or surpass others in rank.
~ excel at, shine atbe good at.; "She shines at math"
v. (competition)2. exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpassbe or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shellcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
~ outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach, beatbeat through cleverness and wit.; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
~ outgrowgrow faster than.
~ outcry, outshoutshout louder than.
~ outroarroar louder than.
~ outsailsail faster or better than.; "They outsailed the Roman fleet"
~ outdrawdraw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight.
~ outsellsell more than others.; "This salesman outsells his colleagues"
~ outsellbe sold more often than other, similar products.; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin"
~ outpacesurpass in speed.; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence"
~ better, breaksurpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
~ outshineattract more attention and praise than others.; "This film outshone all the others in quality"
~ outrangehave a greater range than (another gun).
~ outweighbe heavier than.
~ outbravebe braver than.
~ out-herodsurpass someone in cruelty or evil.
~ outfoxoutdo someone in trickery.
~ shamesurpass or beat by a wide margin.
~ outmarchmarch longer distances and for a longer time than.; "This guy can outmarch anyone!"
~ outwearlast longer than others.; "This material outwears all others"
v. (motion)3. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel bymove past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
~ go, locomote, move, travelchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
~ skirtpass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast"
~ run bypass by while running.; "We watched children were running by"
~ fly bypass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by"
~ whisk by, zip by, fly bymove by very quickly.
v. (stative)4. exceed, surpass, transcendbe greater in scope or size than some standard.; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
~ overgrowgrow too large.
upstage
n. (artifact)1. upstagethe rear part of the stage.
~ part, portionsomething less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
~ stagea large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience.; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
v. (social)2. upstagetreat snobbishly, put in one's place.
~ do by, treat, handleinteract in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
v. (motion)3. upstagemove upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience.
~ move, displacecause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
v. (competition)4. upstagesteal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else.; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
~ outshineattract more attention and praise than others.; "This film outshone all the others in quality"
adj. 5. upstageof the back half of a stage.; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
adj. 6. aloof, distant, upstageremote in manner.; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
~ reservedmarked by self-restraint and reticence.; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"
adv. 7. upstageat or toward the rear of the stage.; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
~ dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatrethe art of writing and producing plays.