outdrive

verb — 3 senses

outdrive

verb

Etymology From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.

1

To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.

2

Golf, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.

  • In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs.2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times:
3

Archaic, Poetic To drive out; to repel.

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