outrank
[out-rangk]
verb (used with object)
to have a higher rank than: A major outranks a captain in the army.
Origin of outrank
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Related Words for outrank
beat, outperform, excel, eclipse, outrun, outshine, outmatch, outdo, dominate, outdistance, outpace, outplay, predate, foreshadow, anticipate, presage, stand, outweigh, exceed, topExamples from the Web for outrank
Contemporary Examples of outrank
So you outrank us on that standard, and we pay appropriate homage.
Historical Examples of outrank
The counting-house was coming to outrank the editorial room in their management.
The New NationFrederic L. Paxson
In this one respect—I dare not say in any other—we outrank our brothers.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)Marion Harland
Wells, who is colonel of regulars, claims to outrank Lewis, and demands to be posted on the right.
Sustained honorJohn R. Musick,
He's supposed to outrank a Space Patrol General—and he's amused by the situation he's here to remedy.
--And Devious the Line of DutyTom Godwin
To outrank these exalted personages was not beyond inquisitorial ambition.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1Henry Charles Lea
outrank
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