outclass

[out-klas, -klahs]

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin of outclass

First recorded in 1865–70; out- + class

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Related Words for outclass

beat, outperform, excel, eclipse, outrun, outshine, outmatch, outdo, dominate, outdistance, outpace, outplay, exceed, top, cap, better, outstrip, pass, surmount, tower

Examples from the Web for outclass

Historical Examples of outclass

Is that any reason why they should outclass you in courage and in determination?
Those Times And These
Irvin S. Cobb
You can outclass me in the ring, but it wouldn't help you much to beat me up, would it?
We Can't Have Everything
Rupert Hughes
It cannot corrode and will outlast and outclass any similar pencil on the market.
The Bradys After a Chinese Princess
Francis Worcester Doughty
And these are too subtle for the vernacular guests, and outclass the counterchits altogether.
It Never Can Happen Again
William De Morgan
We farmers sometimes discover a plan accidentally that will outclass anything we can get in an agricultural college.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting
Various

British Dictionary definitions for outclass

outclass

verb (tr)

to surpass in class, quality, etc
to defeat easily

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Word Origin and History for outclass

1870, "to beat (a rival) so completely as to put him out of the same class," from out + class (v.).