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outpass

outpass verb: to surpass or exceed.

Verb

outpass (third-person singular simple present outpasses, present participle outpassing, simple past and past participle outpassed)

  1. (transitive) To surpass or exceed.
  2. (transitive) To pass the ball more skilfully than.
    • In a 23-16 loss in Detroit, Tampa Bay outgained the Lions, 422-278; Jeff Garcia outpassed Jon Kitna, 316-147; the Buccaneers had the ball for 11 minutes 40 seconds more.2007 October 24, “Patriots’ Bargains Bring Dividends”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • His team knocked the ball around in a way that seemed beyond them when they were outpassed by Spain in Alicante in November.2016 March 27, Daniel Taylor, “Eric Dier seals England’s stunning comeback against Germany”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2018

Forms of outpass

third-person singular presentoutpasses
present participleoutpassing
past participleoutpassed
pastoutpassed

Origin of outpass

From out- + pass.

Questions about outpass

What does outpass mean?
Outpass means to surpass or exceed.
What part of speech is outpass?
Outpass is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpass?
The past tense of outpass is outpassed.

Words near outpass in the dictionary

  1. outparcels
  2. outparish
  3. outparishes
  4. outpart
  5. outparts
  6. outpass
  7. outpassed
  8. outpasses
  9. outpassing
  10. outpassion
  11. outpassioned

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