1. To go beyond; SYN. transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top.
2. To go beyond; SYN. transcend, surpass.

1. To exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.
2. When people or things are better or worse, or do something in a better or worse way than is normal or expected, they go beyond what is normal or expected.