OUTDO in a Sentence

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For OUTDO, below is one of 7 sentences:
Who does not know how our great men are outdoing themselves, in declaiming against the foreign slave-trade.

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 Meanings and Examples of OUTDO
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outdo
 v.  go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
Classic Sentence:
1  But had Selim, son to Bajazet, been like his father, and not like his grandfather, the Turkish monarchy must have been overthrown; as it is, he seems likely to outdo the fame of his grandsire.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX.
2  Who does not know how our great men are outdoing themselves, in declaiming against the foreign slave-trade.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  This was a wickedness far outdoing Snowball's destruction of the windmill.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
Example Sentence:
1  Both sides have tried to outdo each other to show how tough they can be.
2  Sometimes small firms can outdo big business when it comes to customer care.
3  When it comes to speed of response, a small firm can outdo a big company.
4  I think you continually outdo yourself in finding new and inventive means of providing filler.