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To take a bet and add another to it. / To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before.

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go one better

Source Word

go one better

Verb

Japanese Meaning

（賭けにおいて）賭け金をさらに増やすこと / 他人を凌駕する、先行するものを超える行為

After he raised the stakes with his $50 wager, she decided to go one better and bet $100.

彼が50ドルの賭けで勝負をしかけた後、彼女はそれを上回って100ドルを賭けることにした。

Sense（1）

To take a bet and add another to it.

Sense（2）

To outdo somebody; to do something that surpasses what came before.

goes one better

（ present singular third-person ）

going one better

（ participle present ）

went one better

（ past ）

gone one better

（ participle past ）