to outshoot
- verb
- /ˌaʊtˈʃut/
- I can outshoot you any day of the week.
- outshoot a dozen men
- see who can outshoot
- outshoot by 18
Examples
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After the early goal, Michigan continued to dictate the pace of the game, keeping the ball in the Hoosier end and outshooting Indiana by a margin of 8-1 in the first 20 minutes of the game.
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The Fighting Irish scored a 1-0 victory in Bloomington in September in a match they thoroughly dominated, outshooting the Hoosiers 9-1 in shots on goal.
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So, I guess it's kind of weird knowing that a woman can outshoot you, huh?
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Step right up and outshoot the famous Oregon Kid.
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She'll outshoot your best man.
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With a woman who can outshoot most men, why, she'd soon be the greatest attraction in our show.
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You can't outshoot a dozen men.
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He can outshoot you.
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Despite outshooting the Broncos 37-25 in the first game of the series, a slow start to the second period proved too big an obstacle for the Irish, who fell behind 2-0 and ultimately lost 3-2.
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During the competition, he managed to outshoot all the other competitors, scoring the highest points.
Synonyms
Be better than someone at something
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
To be much weaker than an opponent in a fight or competition
Do better than someone in skill or performance
To become faster, better, or larger than another
To do better than someone or something and win
To reach farther than another weapon, like a gun
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To be better than others in skill or quality
To be better than another person or thing
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
To outshoot joins out- meaning 'more than' and shoot meaning 'to fire or hit a target', like in a shooting contest. So to outshoot someone is to shoot better or more accurately than they do.