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outdrive

outdrive verb: to drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.

Verb

outdrive (third-person singular simple present outdrives, present participle outdriving, simple past outdrove, past participle outdriven)

  1. (transitive) To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
  2. (transitive) To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
    • 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.2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times
  3. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To drive out; to repel.

Forms of outdrive

third-person singular presentoutdrives
present participleoutdriving
pastoutdrove
past participleoutdriven

Origin of outdrive

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

Questions about outdrive

What does outdrive mean?
Outdrive means to drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
What part of speech is outdrive?
Outdrive is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdrive?
The past tense of outdrive is outdrove.

Words near outdrive in the dictionary

  1. outdressing
  2. outdrew
  3. outdrink
  4. outdrinking
  5. outdrinks
  6. outdrive
  7. outdriven
  8. outdrives
  9. outdriving
  10. outdrop
  11. outdrops

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