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out-ˈtrot, v.
[out- 18.]
trans. To excel in trotting; to exceed in speed. Also fig.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 140 Gallop yonge wyues, shall tholde trot, out trot you? 1713Steele Guardian No. 6 ⁋5 Not to mend their pace into a gallop, when they are out-trotted by a rival. 1837Thackeray Carlyle's Fr. Rev. Wks. 1900 XIII. 249 Mr. Bulwer.., on his Athenian hobby, had quite out-trotted stately Mr. Gibbon. |