One-upmanship

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  one-upmanship \one-upmanship\ n.
     The attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of
     a friend or competitor; vigorous competitiveness.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  one-upmanship
       n : the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or
           competitor