Word: outdo
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...decided that we should all play the Dating Game. But, in the version of the dating game that I’ve watched on TV the girl always leaves with one of the bachelors. I asked the guys questions and they made up phony answers to try to outdo each other’s smashing wit. The strained chicanery was finally over when one of the guys announced that he had a 4 p.m. class to be at. We all left awkwardly, without any indication that we’d ever be seeing each other again...
When asked how he planned to outdo Queen Latifah, last year’s host, Lopez asked if she rapped during the 2003 show...
...every resident, and every innocent passerby for that matter, is subjected to the building’s exterior. Flat and Spartan, the building’s face is decorated only by different sized windows in a seemingly random pattern and bricks of varying color and texture. Residents tended to outdo the critics in their creative assessments of the building, some commenting that it resembles “a hospital,” “a prison,” “a psychiatric ward” and “something from Atlanta.” Others noted...
...freeway fracas in The Matrix Reloaded and the Hollywood-and-Vine destruction derby in The Italian Job. This week 2F2F is joined by Hollywood Homicide, with a careering, nonstop trip through Beverly Hills and other L.A. tourist spots. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle will show how car stunts can outdo kung fu. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, mankind's savior will try to keep his Toyota Tundra out of the clutches of a 160-ton crane. The summer keeps on truckin' with Bad Boys II (Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in a Ferrari and a Hummer...
...Democrats may never be able to outdo the Republicans on patriotism and national defense, but they do have to be credible in those areas. "This is the threshold question," says Donna Brazile, a longtime Democratic Party activist. "We have to be able to close the leadership gap with Bush. We can't do that if we don't field a candidate who is strong on defense." In the South Carolina debate, Lieberman made good sense with this formulation: "I am the one Democrat who can match George Bush in the areas where many think he's strong--defense and moral...