outblow

present singular third person outblows · participle present outblowing · past outblew · participle past outblown

1. transitiveTo blow out (all senses)

   Suddenly a gust The lamp outblew.

   1868, Sabine Baring Gould, The silver store, page 28

present singular third person outblows · participle present outblowing · past outblew · participle past outblown

1. transitiveTo exceed in blowing; blow more or better than (all senses)

   “I never let a man outblow me,” he says, “if he'll tell his story first, I'll beat it.”

   1899, The Blue and Gold - Volume 26, page 241

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   Both black bands bopped and jived and outblew our own more traditional unit, which, instead of playing swinging music, specialized in precision drills and marching down the field six regimented steps from one yard line to the next, as described in my poem entitled "Cadences."

   2009, Dave Oliphant, Harbingers of Books to Come: A Texan's Literary Life, page 130