Idiom
do someone one better
Meaning
To do more than somebody asked for or expected.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I asked for a coffee, but he did me one better and brought cake.”
“My friend offered to help me move, but she did me one better by hiring a professional truck for the day.”
“When the manager proposed a small bonus for the team, the director did her one better by offering everyone an extra week of paid vacation.”
Examples
simple
“I asked for a coffee, but he did me one better and brought cake.”
contextual
“My friend offered to help me move, but she did me one better by hiring a professional truck for the day.”
complex
“When the manager proposed a small bonus for the team, the director did her one better by offering everyone an extra week of paid vacation.”
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