outthrow

American  

[out-throh] / ˌaʊtˈθroʊ /

verb (used with object)

outthrew, outthrown, outthrowing

1. to throw out or extend.

   His arms were outthrown in greeting.

2. to surpass in throwing; throw farther or more accurately than.

   He can outthrow any other pitcher in the league.

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Etymology

Origin of outthrow

1250–1300; Middle English. See out-, throw

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

outthrow outthrew outthrown

In semi-unison, the students called to Mr. Ford: "Don't come outthrow dollars out the window."

From Time Magazine Archive

There may, indeed, have been northern boys of thirteen who could outthrow the Terror, but not a girl in England could throw a stone straighter or harder than Erebus.

From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar

"Fifteen afore," said "London" then; Her balls full fair she gan outthrow.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Then I, with stammering accents, intercede, And, sore perplext, these broken words outthrow To calm her transport, 'Yea, alive, indeed,— Alive through all extremities of woe.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

For in this age, when the smallest poet seldom goes below more the most, it were a shame for a greater and more noble poet not to outthrow that cut a bar.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

Bob Mathias, in two days' grueling competition, outran, outthrew, and outjumped 34 competitors, to win the Olympic Games decathlon.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hand, wildly outthrown, caught at Gloria's sleeve.

From The Everlasting Whisper by Gregory, Jackson

The sheriff grasped one of the outthrown arms; it was as rigid as iron, and the application of a gentle force rocked the entire body without altering the relation of its parts.

From Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He set up a colossal statue with arms outthrown to bar the egress; the statue of Confucius preaching the Balanced Life.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth