Definitions
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- verb transitive, especially of horses or riders To
run faster than; tooutdistance .
Etymologies
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out- + gallop
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Examples
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But he couldn't outgallop the bullet that sent him in a complete somersault down the slope.
The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905
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A judge of horses and a sportsman, he had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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a sportsman, he had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.
War and Peace 2003
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