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outgallop

outgallop verb: to run faster than; to outdistance.

Verb

outgallop (third-person singular simple present outgallops, present participle outgalloping, simple past and past participle outgalloped)

  1. (especially, transitive) To run faster than; to outdistance.
    • He had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude, ch. 14

Forms of outgallop

third-person singular presentoutgallops
present participleoutgalloping
past participleoutgalloped
pastoutgalloped

Origin of outgallop

From out- + gallop.

Questions about outgallop

What does outgallop mean?
Outgallop means to run faster than; to outdistance.
What part of speech is outgallop?
Outgallop is a verb.
What is the past tense of outgallop?
The past tense of outgallop is outgalloped.

Words near outgallop in the dictionary

  1. outgabbling
  2. outgain
  3. outgained
  4. outgaining
  5. outgains
  6. outgallop
  7. outgalloped
  8. outgalloping
  9. outgallops
  10. outgamble
  11. outgambled

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