Out-

"Out-" in a Sentence (6 examples)

outmaneuver

It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.

She was nobody when he married her, barely the daughter of a gentleman; but ever since her being turned into a Churchill she has out-Churchill’d them all in high and mighty claims: but in herself, I assure you, she is an upstart.

With a few honorable exceptions it out-Descartesed Descartes […]

By the end of the competition, Lisa's plant had outgrown its competitors, winning the competition.

The plant's leaves outgrew their box

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