outvote
to outdo or defeat in voting: The rural districts outvoted the urban districts. The measure was outvoted by the farmers.
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How to use outvote in a sentence
Increasingly frustrated liberal justices, routinely outvoted in these emergency cases, sounded off in Wednesday’s midnight opinion.
Abortion rights backers: Supreme Court’s Texas ruling shows Roe v. Wade is in danger | Robert Barnes | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostWill the Obama coalition now forever outvote and and pillage the makers of American wealth?
Commentary's Symposium on the Future of Conservatism | David Frum | January 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt had no chance of passage, unless the king would create enough new peers to outvote the opposition.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles MorrisRepresentatives of seven-ninths will always see that representatives of two-ninths do not outvote them.
Another Sheaf | John GalsworthyIf the holders of these seats were debarred from voting, the Populists could outvote the Republicans.
The Agrarian Crusade | Solon J. Buck
I don't want to interfere in your plans, and as you would be two to one of course you could outvote me if I did.
Dorothy's Double | G. A. HentyNow Rockingham and his friends needed aid from somebody to give them the strength to outvote Grenville and the Tories.
A Short History of the United States | Edward Channing
British Dictionary definitions for outvote
/ (ˌaʊtˈvəʊt) /
(tr) to defeat by a majority of votes
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