outvote

[ out-voht ]
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verb (used with object),out·vot·ed, out·vot·ing.
  1. to outdo or defeat in voting: The rural districts outvoted the urban districts. The measure was outvoted by the farmers.

Origin of outvote

1
First recorded in 1640–50; out- + vote

Words Nearby outvote

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How to use outvote in a sentence

  • 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. Henty
  • Now Rockingham and his friends needed aid from somebody to give them the strength to outvote Grenville and the Tories.

British Dictionary definitions for outvote

outvote

/ (ˌaʊtˈvəʊt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to defeat by a majority of votes

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