Practice FrenchC1noun
la surenchère
one-upmanship, escalation of demands or bids
A feminine noun — la in the singular, les in the plural.
« Le débat a vite tourné à la surenchère entre les deux candidats. »
“The debate quickly turned into one-upmanship between the two candidates.”
In other languages
- Spanish escalada de exigencias, puja al alza
- Portuguese escalada de exigências, disputa de quem promete mais
- Arabic المزايدة، تصعيد المطالب
- German Überbietung, Eskalation der Forderungen
- Italian gara al rilancio, escalation di richieste
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