Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
build more or better than.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whatever Beijing has up its sleeve, Taipei can only continue to try to outbuild, outbuy and outbluff its rival.
Defending Taiwan 2008
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The Allied Powers, therefore, are able immensely to outbuild the Axis
Orwells BBC Broadcasts: Colonial Discourse and the Rhetoric of Propaganda 2002
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It had been a mighty fortress in another age and time, and its walls and outbuild - ings sprawled across the grasslands for perhaps a mile in all direc - tions.
Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000
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Afraid of the demon they had so loosed the nations then engaged in so-called "cold wars" during which all countries raced to outbuild each other in the stock piling of new and more drastic weapons and the mobilization of manpower into the ancient "armies."
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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Afraid of the demon they had so loosed the nations then engaged in so-called "cold wars" during which all countries raced to outbuild each other in the stock piling of new and more drastic weapons and the mobilization of manpower into the ancient "armies."
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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Afraid of the demon they had so loosed the nations then engaged in so-called "cold wars" during which all countries raced to outbuild each other in the stock piling of new and more drastic weapons and the mobilization of manpower into the ancient "armies."
Star Flight Norton, Andre 1954
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But the effect was that of a Northern victory; for the _Merrimac_ was balked of her easy prey, and the North gained time to outbuild the South completely.
Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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But as you see, our President and our Mr. Daniels have already said, 'Very well, we will outbuild you.'
A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Owen Wister 1899
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They set the Germans trying to outbuild the British fleet; more fortunately they were an inspiration to naval enthusiasts in this country also.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 Various 1898
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Middle East, as are the agenda items that he is pursuing to grow the economy and increase jobs in America and make sure we outinnovate, outbuild and outeducate the competition in the 21st century.
NY Daily News 2011
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