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outdrives

outdrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outdrive.

Meaning of outdrive

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.

Questions about outdrives

What is outdrives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outdrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outdrive.

Words near outdrives in the dictionary

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

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