to outdrive
- verb
- /ˈaʊtˌdraɪv/
- In their weekly golf match, she often tries to outdrive her friends on the first hole.
Examples
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He practiced every day to outdrive his rival at the upcoming championship.
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She'd been the longest-hitting woman on the tour, could outdrive more than a few of her male counterparts.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the tournament, he managed to outdrive all the other competitors with his impressive skills.
Synonyms
Defeat others in a contest to win a job or prize
Be better than someone at something
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
To become faster, better, or larger than another
Do better than someone in skill or performance
To move or run faster than someone in a race
Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition
To do better than someone or something and win
To be better than others in skill or quality
To be better than another person or thing
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outdrive comes from out- 'more than' and drive 'to move or control', like in outrun. So to outdrive someone is to drive better, faster, or farther than they do.