surpass (in)
41beat a record — surpass a highest score (or fastest time, etc.) …
42beat the record — surpass the highest score (or fastest time, etc.) …
43break a record — surpass the best official performance attained thus far (i.e. in a sports event) …
44exceed expectations — surpass what was anticipated, be more than predicted …
45run rings around a person — surpass someone; be better …
46shine someone down — surpass someone, do better than someone …
47leave someone/thing in the dust — surpass someone or something easily. → dust …
48biscuit, take the — Surpass everything (usu. in causing surprise) …
49take the biscuit or cake — Surpass everything (usu. in effrontery, unpleasantness, etc.) …
50surpassable — surpass ► VERB 1) be greater or better than. 2) (surpassing) archaic or literary incomparable or outstanding. DERIVATIVES surpassable adjective …
