outdraw
outdraw · outdraws · outdrew · outdrawn · outdrawing
To extract or draw outTo extract or draw out.
Meaning
4 sensesTo extract or draw out.
To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight
To attract a larger crowd than.
To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
Origin
From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”). By surface analysis, out- + draw.
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Forms
outdraws, outdrawing, outdrew, outdrawnLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle