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do one better

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do one better (than somebody/something)
to do more or be better than someone or something else go one better (than somebody/something) Several companies developed similar software, but ours did one better than the rest by making it user-friendly.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do someone one better or do something one better: Jones did him one better and beat the record for the 100-meter dash.
See also: better, one


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They have the opportunity to do more, be more, achieve more, live more, through the application of what Covey, who codified The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People 15 years ago, thinks that it is necessary to do one better, go up to eight.
 
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