outdraw

English

verb
Definitions
  • To extract or draw out.
  • (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
  • To attract a larger crowd than.
  • To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English outdrauen inherited from Old English ūtdragan inherited from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą prefix from English draw (move by pulling).

Origin

English

draw

Gloss

move by pulling

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