Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going one better

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing one -bet-ter
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go one better

Questions

What does going one better mean?
present participle and gerund of go one better

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