outfoot

American  

[out-foot] / ˌaʊtˈfʊt /

verb (used with object)

1. to surpass (another person) in running, walking, etc.; outstrip.

2. to outsail; excel (another boat) in speed.

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outfoot British  

/ ˌaʊtˈfʊt /

verb

1. (of a boat) to go faster than (another boat)

2. to surpass in running, dancing, etc

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Etymology

Origin of outfoot

First recorded in 1730–40; out- + foot

Example Sentences

Withington is 68, merely mellow for the antiques dodge, a country dance in which the old outfoot the young because they have had time to learn a trade whose secret is endless learning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rails, whose spectacular traffic rise has helped them outfoot rising costs, were leveling-off.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ability of refiners to outfoot sky-high taxes and rising costs that tripped up many another industry was due to one simple fact: they squeezed out additional capacity with but little additional manpower or equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

The oil industry's increase in production since Korea has been big enough to outfoot taxes.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Hall, usually so merry, could outfoot them all when he once got started on the cosmic pathos of religion and the gibbering anthropomorphisms of those who loved not to die.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack