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English
Etymology
From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą, equivalent to out- + draw. 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”).
Verb
outdraw (third-person singular simple present outdraws, present participle outdrawing, simple past outdrew, past participle outdrawn)
- To extract or draw out.
- (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
- 1984, Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah" (song)
- Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
- To attract a larger crowd than.
- To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
2003, Bhob Stewart, Bill Pearson, Roger Hill, Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood, page 313:Certainly he could outdraw just about anybody, and he knew how to tell a story, seamlessly weaving words and pictures together.
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