A word for surpassing/outdoing one's teacher/master? [closed]
Solution 1:
I would use eclipsing or eclipsed, pending on the tense.
eclipse somebody/something to make somebody/something seem dull or unimportant by comparison
(Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Solution 2:
he overtook his teacher
he outshone her
his achievements exceeded hers
he overshadowed her
he put her in the shade
he shot past her
he ran rings round her
she talked about wings, he flew
she killed her thousands, he his tens of thousands
pupil-turned master