outride

American  

[out-rahyd, out-rahyd] / ˌaʊtˈraɪd, ˈaʊtˌraɪd /

verb (used with object)

outrode, outridden, outriding

1. to outdo or outstrip in riding.

2. (of a ship) to come safely through (a storm) by lying to.

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verb (used without object)

outrode, outridden, outriding

1. to act as an outrider.

noun

1. Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.

outride British  

verb

1. to outdo by riding faster, farther, or better than

2. (of a vessel) to ride out (a storm)

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noun

1. rare prosody an extra unstressed syllable within a metrical foot

Etymology

Origin of outride

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + ride

Example Sentences

You might be better off outriding in the Women’s Equality party, setting up an Equality Trust local group, campaigning to save a hospital or pressuring the council to accept refugee families.

From The Guardian

And Villa’s horsemen had outridden and outlasted our town boys.

From Literature

I wanted to know what outrides what: Am I really the person I think am?

From New York Times

“Jockey Harry Richards outrode Jack Pollard at the wire, otherwise Seabiscuit, streaking along in midstretch with a length lead, must surely have won,” he wrote in the Los Angeles Times.

From Literature

He rode a Maryland Hunt Cup-winning horse to victory in England’s Grand National in 1980 — the commentator sputtering in shock to see an “American banker” outriding Britain’s professional jockeys.

From Washington Post