outshop

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verb

To send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verboutshop (third-person singular simple present outshops, present participle outshopping, simple past and past participle outshopped)

present singular third person outshops · participle present outshopping · participle past outshopped · past outshopped

  1. UKTo send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.

    Just over 50 years ago, in September, 1910, Eastleigh locomotive works outshopped their first newly constructed locomotive, Class S14 0-4-0 motor tank No. 101.

    1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159
  2. intransitiveTo purchase goods outside of one's local area.

    Wayland, Simpson and Kemmerer's research (2000) suggested that a majority of students outshopped through the Internet and/or catalog while at school […]

    2014, Harlan E. Spotts, Marketing, Technology and Customer Commitment in the New Economy
  3. transitiveTo surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.

    Speaking of the mall, I'm here to tell you that no one on the planet can outshop Mrs. Jane Presley.

    2015, Norah Wilson, Heather Doherty, Dix Dodd Mysteries Box Set 1

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APA

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Chicago

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