How do you pronounce one-up-manship?

The recorded pronunciation is /wˌʌnˈʌpmænʃˌɪp/.

one-up-manship

/wˌʌnˈʌpmænʃˌɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

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"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."
"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."

one-up-manships (plural)

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