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outdrove

outdrove is the simple past 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 outdrove

What is outdrove the simple past of?
Outdrove is the simple past of outdrive.

Words near outdrove in the dictionary

  1. outdriven
  2. outdrives
  3. outdriving
  4. outdrop
  5. outdrops
  6. outdrove
  7. outdrunk
  8. outduel
  9. outdueled
  10. outdueling
  11. outduelled

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