outvote

[ out-voht ]

/ ˌaʊtˈvoʊt /

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verb (used with object), out·vot·ed, out·vot·ing.

to outdo or defeat in voting: The rural districts outvoted the urban districts. The measure was outvoted by the farmers.

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Origin of outvote

First recorded in 1640–50; out- + vote

Words nearby outvote

out to lunch, outtough, outtrade, out-tray, outturn, outvote, outwait, outwalk, outward, outward-bound, outwardly

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How to use outvote in a sentence

Increasingly frustrated liberal justices, routinely outvoted in these emergency cases, sounded off in Wednesday’s midnight opinion.
Abortion rights backers: Supreme Court’s Texas ruling shows Roe v. Wade is in danger|Robert Barnes|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Will the Obama coalition now forever outvote and and pillage the makers of American wealth?
Commentary's Symposium on the Future of Conservatism|David Frum|January 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It had no chance of passage, unless the king would create enough new peers to outvote the opposition.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris
Representatives of seven-ninths will always see that representatives of two-ninths do not outvote them.
Another Sheaf|John Galsworthy

If the holders of these seats were debarred from voting, the Populists could outvote the Republicans.
The Agrarian Crusade|Solon J. Buck
I don't want to interfere in your plans, and as you would be two to one of course you could outvote me if I did.
Dorothy's Double|G. A. Henty
Now Rockingham and his friends needed aid from somebody to give them the strength to outvote Grenville and the Tories.
A Short History of the United States|Edward Channing

British Dictionary definitions for outvote

outvote

/ (ˌaʊtˈvəʊt) /

verb

(tr) to defeat by a majority of votes

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