päihittää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- best adj Of the highest quality, or most suitable; superlative of "good."
- defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
- outdo verb To do better than someone else; to surpass.
- outmatch verb To prove better than another person or thing.
- top noun The highest point or part of something.
- trump noun In card games, a suit chosen (or turned up) to rank higher than the other three for that hand.
- vanquish verb To defeat someone or something completely, especially in a fight or contest.
Senses
päihittää is used for these senses in English:
- bear down (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. [from 14th c.]
- best (transitive) To beat in a contest.
- defeat (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
- get the better of (transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome.
- go round To pass around, to circulate.
- go round (intransitive) To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- kick ass (informal, vulgar, ambitransitive) To beat to a pulp; beat up
- outdo (transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
best — full definition
- adj Of the highest quality, or most suitable; superlative of "good."
- noun The greatest possible effort someone can make.
- verb To defeat or outdo someone.
defeat — full definition
- verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
- verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
- noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.
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