go one better
Example Sentences
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He took bronze at Pyeongchang 2018 and silver in Beijing four years ago and is hoping to go one better at the Milan-Cortina Games.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Sadowski-Synnott, who won big air bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018 and silver in Beijing, was looking to go one better at the Milan-Cortina Games.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
But Arteta has provided the calm presence for his side and instilled confidence into his team as they look to go one better than the last three seasons, when they have finished in second place.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
"I am full of confidence and hopefully I can go one better this tournament. I have had a month off tournaments but still been putting the work in."
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
One of the most curious literary absurdities I have ever seen—the absurd almost drowning the disgusting in it—was an American attempt in verse to fill up Flaubert's lacuna and "go one better."
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
