Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To learn or ascertain from others; elicit.
- To pass or excel in learning; outstrip in learning.
- To get beyond the study or learning of; outlive the practice of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To excel or surpass in learing.
- transitive verb To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
surpass inlearning . - verb transitive, obsolete To learn completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
out- + learn
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Examples
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To survive and succeed on Wall Street, provisions were to be made -- load up on humor, focus, Teflon; outlearn, outwork.
Lydia Fisher: Red Lips Shake Wall Street! Lydia Fisher 2011
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To survive and succeed on Wall Street, provisions were to be made -- load up on humor, focus, Teflon; outlearn, outwork.
Lydia Fisher: Red Lips Shake Wall Street! Lydia Fisher 2011
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