outscore

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score English outscore From out- + score.

1. To score more than.

   “Hollande is another possible candidate to succeed President Jacques Chirac - but Royal consistently outscores him in opinion polls.”

   “But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.”