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to outrebound

to outrebound

3 7.5
Get more balls after missed shots than the other team in a basketball game
  • verb
: superar en rebotes
  • The smaller team won the war of the boards; Orlando outrebounded Detroit 44-30.
  • outrebounded opponents

Examples

  • Most importantly, Lee led the Warriors' rebounding push, as Golden State outrebounded Minnesota 50-34.

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  • Thomas outrebounded New England 53-44, with a 26-15 advantage on the offensive glass.

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  • "We talked about it losing to Denver a couple of games ago because they outrebounded us and they dominated us," Jackson said.

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  • "We outfought them, outrebounded them, and we were

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  • We were getting outrebounded and outscored in the paint in almost every game.

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  • Sacramento was outrebounded in every single game this week, twice by double digits.

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  • Kings were outrebounded once again, a recurring theme so far this year.

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  • "That's a big surprise that we outrebounded them," Gobrecht said.

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  • The Pacers made just 6 of 14 free throws in the first half and were outrebounded 22-15.

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  • The Sun Devils are 18-0 when they outrebound their opponents.

Surface Forms

outrebound infinitive
outrebounded past participle
outrebounding present participle
outrebounds third person singular

Morphology

outrebound = rebound (transparent) = out + rebound

The productive prefix 'out-' meaning 'to do more than' combines with the familiar sports verb 'rebound' to yield the clear meaning 'get more rebounds than (an opponent)'.

Etymology

Outrebound is built from out- meaning 'more than', as in the word outperform, and rebound, which is 'to catch the ball after a missed shot' or a 'bounce back'. So to outrebound someone is to get more rebounds than they do in a game.