Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of outdo
nounoutdoing (plural outdoings)
plural outdoings
- The act by which one person outdoes another.
It appears to me to be saying next to nothing, when they say that such a performer is capital, another inferior, that one has outdone his usual outdoings, and that another has outdone the outdoings of every body else.
1805, George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, The Spirit of the Public Journals (quoting a correspondent, "Dangle")
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APA
outdoing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdoing
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“outdoing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdoing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdoing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdoing.
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