Outthrow

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To throw out. transitive
  2. 2
    To surpass in throwing. transitive

    "But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus."

Example

More examples

"Then I, with stammering accents, intercede, / and, sore perplext, these broken words outthrow / to calm her transport:"

Etymology

From out- + throw.

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throw out

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