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单词 outgallop
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outgallopv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈɡaləp/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈɡæləp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, gallop v.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + gallop v.1
transitive. To outdo in galloping; to gallop faster than.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) rapidly > heavily > outdo in galloping
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1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D2v They that rode on the lustiest geldings could not out-gallop the Plague.
?1665 T. Jordan Mock Epithalamium in Wit in Wildernesse of Promiscuous Poesie sig. ††7 Make hast to Church, good Fortune be your guide, Till you out-gallop all that Rhime to Ride.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxvii. 90 Any English gentleman of fashion..may be accommodated with a nag or two, to partake of the sport, taking care only not to out-gallop the king.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 183 A tortoise would out-gallop us!
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. i. 4 A hundred huntsmen..each out-bawling and out-galloping the other.
1958 L. Durrell Balthazar iv. 87 He, a city-bred Alexandrian..could out-shoot, out-talk and out-gallop..them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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