outˈmatch, v.
[out- 18 b.]
trans. To be more than a match for; to prove superior to; to surpass, outdo.
| 1603 Breton Dignitie Man (1879) 14/2 In labour the Oxe will out-toile him, and in subtiltie the Foxe will out⁓match him. 1845 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights xxi. 183 You'll own that I've out-matched Hindley there. 1885 Manch. Exam. 18 Mar. 5/1 Their collective strength enormously outmatches ours. |