outdrive

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verb

To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.

OriginMiddle English outdriven →
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Meanings

verboutdrive (third-person singular simple present outdrives, present participle outdriving, simple past outdrove, past participle outdriven)

present singular third person outdrives · participle present outdriving · past outdrove · participle past outdriven

  1. transitiveTo drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
  2. transitivegolfTo make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.

    In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs.

    2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times
  3. archaicpoetictransitiveTo drive out; to repel.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutdriven
  2. Englishoutdrive

From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.

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APA

outdrive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdrive

MLA

“outdrive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdrive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdrive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdrive.

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