outclassv.
/ˌaʊtˈklɑːs/, /ˌaʊtˈklas/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈklæs/ transitive. To beat or surpass (a competitor or rival) in a particular skill, esp. in a sport, so completely as to seem to belong in a different class or league; to surpass in overall quality or ability.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > so completely as to be in different class
outclass1870
to run circles round1897
1870 Daily News 12 May She [sc. a yacht] was completely outclassed on that occasion, and never stood the slightest chance from start to finish.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 83 As a liar, I out-classed every man on board.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 702/2 It [sc. the aeroplane] can even outclass the telegraph upon short journeys.
1955 Times 20 June 13/3 The Ferrari team..was quite outclassed and the chief opposition to the German cars came from the Maseratis.
1977 R. L. Woolf Gains & Losses i. 35 A bumbling Church of England rector..hopelessly outclassed in argument by three chief Catholic spokesmen.
1993 Ski Surv. Feb. 43/2 Although aluminium is a relatively inexpensive, strong and light material, its performance can be outclassed by modern composite fibre materials such as carbonfibre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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