Definitions
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- verb transitive To
spell better than.
Etymologies
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out- + spell
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Examples
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We'd get to spelling, he wouldn't let me outspell him.
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It was fairly dazzling to feel oneself slowly creeping up from the foot of the class, and she found a strange exhilaration in setting herself against a rival and striving to outspell her in a match.
'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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"I think," said Jim, "that they can outspell any school about here."
The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893
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"I could outspell you without an effort; books have been my partners when you had rather dance.
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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