outthrow

English

Etymology

out- + throw

Verb

outthrow (third-person singular simple present outthrows, present participle outthrowing, simple past outthrew, past participle outthrown)

  1. (transitive) To throw out.
  2. (transitive) To surpass in throwing.
    • 2002, Eva Brann, Homeric Moments, page 48:
      But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.

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