one-up-manship

English

Noun

one-up-manship (plural one-up-manships)

  1. Alternative form of one-upmanship
    • 2002, Johnny John Heinz, Means to an End, →ISBN, page 94:
      In the lounge, Lorenson was at a desk in the corner looking over his notes, and suppressing a smile at this bit of one-up-manship (or even worse, one-up-womanship) over Brewster.
    • 2006, Ken Ewell, Traveling with Philosophes, →ISBN, page 479:
      In truth, he'd passed me by with a devilish grin on his face and a look of challenging one-up-manship.
    • 2006, Bonnie Kaplan, ‎Duane P. Truex, ‎David Wastell, Information Systems Research: Relevant Theory and Informed Practice, →ISBN:
      Ebiz.com also developed a culture of time one-up-manship‚ in which employees challenged each other to stay for longer and longer hours.
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