One Up

In a year when the president and the GOP are trying to one-up each other on who can cut deficits the fastest, just guess which three topics are almost never addressed as budget-busters in the media. ❋ RJ (2011)

You live in a neighborhood consisting of duplexes, but they are one-up/one-down instead of side-by-side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Later, on "The Colbert Report," Colbert re-confirmed the "Daily Show" announcement, and even tried to one-up Oprah by giving all of his audience members tickets to the rally (albeit on a Chinatown bus.) ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

So in a year when the president and the Republicans are trying to one-up each other on who can cut deficits the fastest, which three topics are almost never addressed as budget-busters in the media? ❋ RJ (2011)

Social – knowing one or two foreign languages will definitely give you that ‘one-up’ in society. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Green Hornet Trailer Puulaahi two girls, one-up - October 29, 2009 added by tiki god | Images mcs+ to rate ❋ Unknown (2009)

Comcast executives say the purpose of the switch is to deliver live TV service to any device that can connect to the Internet, as they attempt to one-up online video services that offer a relatively limited amount of content on demand, not live. ❋ Jessica E. Vascellaro (2011)

Apparently improvised as they toured the countryside, "The Trip" features the pair of British funnymen trying to one-up each other, whether it's in dissecting both the lyrics and Swedish-inflected English of ABBA's The Winner Takes It All, topping each other with impressions of various James Bonds or offering dueling versions of their Michael Caine impressions. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)

What was to follow was picture after picture trying to one-up the last, holding on desperately to their action formula whilst trying to kick up the water-cooler buzz with the newest developments in CGI. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And honestly, that portion of our program wasn't just informative, it may also be your secret weapon next Halloween when ya'll want to one-up that dude who always shows up at the party in some killer costume. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At dinner parties during the rest of the year, they vie to one-up each other with stories of malaria, harrowing airplane flights and close calls with venomous snakes in what most of their compatriots would regard as Third World hell-holes. ❋ Francis X. Rocca In Rome (2011)

Lots of rightie, wingnut, teabagging nutjobs are going to one-up Joseph Stack now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It seemed the other team was always [One-Up] on us. Despite her efforts, [Sally] felt [Jane] was always One-Up on her in responses. ❋ Ra78 (2009)

[Person A]: "I just got a [93]% on my history test!" Person B: "I got a [98]%." Person A: "Ok, you one-upped me there." ❋ Prox (2005)

"John [needs] to stop fucking one upping everyone!" "Stop one upping and let me [tell] [my story]." ❋ SummerBoi?! (2017)

[I can] one up that. ❋ Tailor (2003)

Eg1 Guy: I just [shot down] the enemy [chopper]! One-up: Yeah, I did that with my [tomahawk] like five times. Eg2 Guy: I just got my first nuke! One-up: Yeah, after my first nuke, I got one every round after that for three days straight ❋ Yodaguy (2011)

Omg [I just] one-uped the [humanities] [test]. ❋ Arcane15 (2014)

i think john gonna one up [tonny] in that fight..or that [backflip] off the dumpster is gonna one up jumping off that building in that [comp]. ❋ Donovan Debrown (2007)

"[Donald] gave [Mike] one ups on a [good play]" ❋ Bilbo Bigguns (2010)

Dude, if you jump over that piranah plant, over the [lava], onto [the turtle], [bounce off] that, land on that tunnel and press 'down' you go in a secret level, there's a one up. ❋ Treg (2003)

Jeff - Lets play one up! I'll start: *holds up hand with [1 finger] raised and takes a toke* Jim - *takes two [tokes] and holds up 2 fingers* Emma - *takes three tokes and holds up three fingers* Jeff - *takes four tokes and holds up four fingers* Jim - *takes five tokes and holds [up five] fingers* Emma - *takes six tokes and runs out of fingers* and so on... ❋ Waistcoatguywhogaveoutfreehugs (2011)