Outdrive

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than. transitive
  2. 2
    To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than. transitive

    "In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs."

  3. 3
    To drive out; to repel. archaic, poetic, transitive

Example

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"In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs."

Etymology

From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.

Related phrases

drive out

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