outdraw

verb

Etymology: 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.

1. To extract or draw out.
2. To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.

   “Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.”

3. To attract a larger crowd than.
4. To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

   “Certainly he could outdraw just about anybody, and he knew how to tell a story, seamlessly weaving words and pictures together.”