outdraw

Meaning

Verb

To extract or draw out.
To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
To attract a larger crowd than.
To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

Origin

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, Dutch uitdragen, German austragen, Icelandic útdraga.

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