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To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means: political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.
v
(obsolete) To depart; to move away.
v
(transitive) To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.
v
(idiomatic) To surpass or outdo something.
v
(transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To cheat or deceive.
v
(intransitive) to advance gradually beyond due limits
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward.
v
(transitive, rare) To outrun; outspeed.
v
(idiomatic) to inspire creativity and thought.
v
(transitive, chiefly sports) To persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To make progress only with difficulty.
n
(Scotland or poetic) Alternative form of overcome [(Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.]
n
(figuratively) A painful and strenuous experience; hassle.
v
To exceed a limit by a small amount.
v
Obsolete form of out-topped.
v
(transitive) To surpass in ambushing.
v
(metaphoric) To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries.
v
(transitive) To surpass in capering.
v
(transitive) To chase better than; to surpass in chasing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in curling.
v
(transitive) To surpass or exceed in cutting; cut more than or cut superior to.
v
(transitive) To surpass in dodging.
v
(transitive) To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
v
(transitive) To fence better than (in the sport of fencing).
v
(transitive) To fire farther or better than.
v
(transitive) To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
v
(transitive) To run or travel faster than
v
(transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower.
v
(transitive) To be faster than.
v
(figuratively, informal) To date someone who is more attractive or desirable than oneself.
v
(intransitive, poetic) To lean outward.
v
(transitive) To linger longer than; to outstay.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To outmatch.
v
(transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
v
(transitive) To surpass in piping; to pipe better than.
v
To travel faster than another in a competitive event.
v
(obsolete) To spread out in array.
n
Alternative form of outroop [(obsolete) A sale by auction.]
v
(transitive) To row faster or better than.
v
(transitive) To rule out; to eliminate by deduction.
v
(transitive) To run faster than.
v
(American football, transitive) To rush more than the other team.
v
(transitive, informal, US, politics) To outsegregate.
v
(transitive) To shove harder or better than; outcompete by shoving
v
(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
v
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To speak out or aloud.
v
(transitive) To sprint faster than.
v
(transitive) To steer better than.
v
(transitive) To strike faster or harder than.
v
(transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled.
v
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To well outward; to issue forth.
v
(transitive) To defeat or surpass in wrestling.
n
(Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
v
(transitive) To trample over.
v
(transitive, archaic) To defeat or overcome by wrestling.
v
(transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
v
(intransitive) To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something suddenly.
v
(by extension) To exert maximum effort.
v
To overwhelm, get the better of.
v
To outperform by a great margin.
v
(figuratively) make a mountain out of a molehill
v
(idiomatic) To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.
v
(idiomatic) To emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.
v
(simile) To work very hard.
v
(simile) To work very hard.
v
(idiomatic) To work especially hard, usually for an extended period.
v
(transitive, slang) To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, etc.
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