Word n°6: to outperform someone!

How would you translate to outperform someone into French?

And the answer is… être plus performant que les autres as in:

How can a business distinguish itself from competitors and outperform them?

The English language is so clever! To express the idea of dépasser, surpasser, mieux faire que les autres, all you have to do is use “out” and stick the verb you have in mind to it!

To outbid: faire une meilleur offre

To outwork: travailler plus dur

To outfox: être plus malin

To outlive: vivre plus longtemps

To out-earn: gagner plus que les autres

To outmaneuvre: se montrer plus habile

To outcompete: battre à la compétition

To outshine: éclipser

To outnumber: être supérieur en nombre

Now that you are in the know, you will outsmart everyone else with this great language trick!