outgain

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English

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Etymology

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out- +‎ gain

Verb

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outgain (third-person singular simple present outgains, present participle outgaining, simple past and past participle outgained)

  1. (transitive) To outperform on a quantitative measurement.
    • 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Super Steelers fight back”, in Toronto Star[1]:
      Pittsburgh stretched it to 10-0 on a Gary Russell one-yard TD lunge in the first minute of the second quarter, at that point outgaining Arizona 147-13 yards.

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