outmatchv.
/ˌaʊtˈmatʃ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈmætʃ/ transitive. To be more than a match for; to prove superior to; to surpass.
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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
1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 56 Scorn'd and disgraced Of her, whose crueltie no brest can beare, No thought endure, no torture can outmatch.
1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. D4v In labour the Oxe will out-toile him, and in subtiltie the Foxe will out-match him.
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. xii. 215 Should you rake Hell and Scum the Devil (as our Country speakes) they will hardly be outmatch'd.
1703 R. Boyle King Saul i. i. 8 But the small Tiger's Heart out matches his More than his Limbs exceeds the other's size.
a1788 R. Colvill Poet. Wks. (1789) ii. 227 But I'll outmatch thee, Orgus said, The Dame born to command All hearts, Vanessa! thou shalt wed And with Her half my land.
1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. vii. 146 You'll own that I've out-matched Hindley there.
1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Mar. 5/1 Their collective strength enormously outmatches ours.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 3/1 Sir Wilfrid's description of the Bill as the wreck of Temperance hopes was outmatched by that of Mr. T. W. Russell.
1989 What Investm. Jan. 31/3 The stock market made no sense at all as inflation rates consistently outmatched the returns it was possible to make on equities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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