outgallop

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verb

To run faster than; to outdistance.

OriginEnglish gallop ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt- →
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Meanings

verboutgallop (third-person singular simple present outgallops, present participle outgalloping, simple past and past participle outgalloped)

present singular third person outgallops · participle present outgalloping · participle past outgalloped · past outgalloped

  1. especiallytransitiveTo run faster than; to outdistance.

    1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude, ch. 14, He had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
distanceoutdistance

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishgallop
  8. Englishoutgallop

From out- + gallop.

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APA

outgallop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgallop

MLA

“outgallop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgallop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outgallop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgallop.

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