outdov.
/ˌaʊtˈduː/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈdu/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > put out
outdoc1300
to do out of ——a1325
to put outa1350
outset?1533
output1588
to turn out1654
c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 488 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 120 (MED) Trewenesse we þe sworen..and eorþelich honour also, Sauue ore ordre and ore riȝte, bote þat was out i-do.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 989 (MED) Adam was out don [a1400 Fairf. out-done; a1400 Gött. put vte], nars and naked In to þe land quar he was maked.
1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres v. li, in Poems (rev. ed.) 73 Was ta'en in Battell, and his Eyes out-done.
2.
a. transitive. To excel, surpass, beat; to be superior to. Frequently in passive, esp. in not to be outdone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
overstyeOE
overshinec1175
overgoc1225
passc1225
surmountc1369
forpassc1374
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
to pass overa1393
overcomec1400
outpass?a1425
exceedc1425
precedec1425
superexcelc1429
transcendc1430
precel?a1439
outcut1447
overgrowc1475
to come over ——a1479
excel1493
overleapa1500
vanquish1533
outweigh1534
prevent1540
better1548
preferc1550
outgo1553
surpassa1555
exsuperate1559
cote1566
overtop1567
outrun1575
outstrip1579
outsail1580
overruna1586
pre-excel1587
outbid1589
outbrave1589
out-cote1589
top1590
outmatch1593
outvie1594
superate1595
surbravec1600
oversile1608
over-height1611
overstride1614
outdoa1616
outlustrea1616
outpeera1616
outstrikea1616
outrival1622
antecede1624
out-top1624
antecell1625
out-pitch1627
over-merit1629
outblazea1634
surmatch1636
overdoa1640
overact1643
outact1644
worst1646
overspana1657
outsoar1674
outdazzle1691
to cut down1713
ding1724
to cut out1738
cap1821
by-pass1848
overtower1850
pretergress1851
outray1876
outreach1879
cut1884
outperform1937
outrate1955
one-up1963
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 134 He hath in this action out-done his former deeds doubly. View more context for this quotation
1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 193 Outdo the Vulgar in these vanities, Those Vulgar which so proudly you despise.
1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 170. ⁋28 They outdo us so much in cheapness of labour.
a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 28 In the former of these especially, King Solomon himself shall be outdone.
1804 W. Wordsworth I wandered Lonely as a Cloud iii, in Poet. Wks. (1849–50) II. 104 The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxxiv. 274 The other two women were not to be outdone.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxv. 492 A very old man and a very young girl behaving in most lover-like fashion, the girl outdoing the man in enthusiastic determination to convince.
1992 New Scientist 25 Jan. 22/1 Not to be outdone by the Americans, Japan is about to embark on its own biosphere programme.
b. transitive. To beat, defeat, overcome; to exhaust. Frequently in passive. Now chiefly U.S. regional.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat
shendc893
overwinOE
overheaveOE
mate?c1225
to say checkmatea1346
vanquishc1366
stightlea1375
outrayc1390
to put undera1393
forbeat1393
to shave (a person's) beardc1412
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
adawc1440
supprisec1440
to knock downc1450
to put to the worsta1475
waurc1475
convanquish1483
to put out1485
trima1529
convince1548
foil1548
whip1571
evict1596
superate1598
reduce1605
convict1607
defail1608
cast1610
banga1616
evince1620
worst1646
conquer1655
cuffa1657
trounce1657
to ride down1670
outdo1677
routa1704
lurcha1716
fling1790
bowl1793
lick1800
beat1801
mill1810
to row (someone) up Salt River1828
defeat1830
sack1830
skunk1832
whop1836
pip1838
throw1850
to clean out1858
take1864
wallop1865
to sock it to1877
whack1877
to clean up1888
to beat out1893
to see off1919
to lower the boom on1920
tonk1926
clobber1944
ace1950
to run into the ground1955
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
wearyc897
tirea1000
travailc1300
forwearya1325
taryc1375
tarc1440
matec1450
break1483
labour1496
overwearya1500
wear?1507
to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. (title page) To Out-do the Dutch without Fighting, to Pay Debts without Moneys.
1760 F. Douglas Earl of Douglas v. ii. 71 Satan blush! And own thy self outdone, nor more pretend Superior craft, or impudence to man.
1776 A. R. Robbins Jrnl. (1850) 24 I feel weak, and find that a little labor, walking and rowing, seems to out-do me.
1869 J. D. Baldwin Pre-hist. Nations (1877) iii. 107 If they were not outdone by the insane chronology.
1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. iv. 89 Den, Zora, Ah wuz so outdone, Ah just opened mah mouf and laffed.
1983 P. Marshall Praisesong for Widow I. v. 72 She was so rattled and outdone, she failed to register that the man had spoken in English.
Derivatives
outˈdoer n. a person who outdoes another.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > one who or that which > one who
staina1586
exceeder1625
eclipser1748
surpasser1805
outdoer1824
outshiner1864
overtaker1885
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 149 His rival,..an out-doer by profession.
1976 Shakespeare Q. 27 134 This is to say that the actual physical beauty is better than the fiction; but to say so in this particular way is still a way to outdo the outdoers.
outˈdoing n. and adj.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun]
exceeding1520
precellinga1532
excelling1573
outdoing1679
surpassing1736
outvying1757
capping1883
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective]
excellentc1384
transcending1528
surpassingc1580
excellinga1586
overmatching1590
transcendent1598
overmatchful1609
outdoing1679
outvying1757
outbidding1830
1679 Philos. Collections XII. 38 His Observations so wholly new and out-doing, that no..Reader can think he wants anything but Equals.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 86 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. They continue to Out-do even their own Out-doings.
1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 6/4 His playing forces anyone who tries to describe it into a rhetoric of outdoing, a zone of superlative babbling which one is helpless to avoid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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