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- verb Simple past of
outride . - noun Obsolete form of
outroad .
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Examples
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The faces of the men and youths who outrode the train were grim, set, hopeless.
Chapter 12 2010
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Her bandolier was strung across her chest and she outrode the men in her little band.
Lipstick in Afghanistan Roberta Gately 2010
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He left England with a bruise, by his coach overturning, that made him spit blood, and was so ill, we expected every post to hear of his death; but he outrode it or outdrank it, or something, and is come home lustier than ever.
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I outrode them, but some of them had the patience to follow me home, and said they would speak with me.
Fletcher of Madeley Brigadier Margaret Allen
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Nearing the south, they encountered a violent storm, which the vessel outrode, receiving little or no damage.
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"Buck outrode me," admitted Yellin 'Kid as he drew rein, and his voice was not as loud as usual.
The Boy Ranchers on the Trail Willard F. Baker
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We outrode danger and came under land to a quiet anchorage, the San Sebastian and the San Martin following us as the chickens the hen.
1492, 1922
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But the distracted father, urged on by the wild energy of despair, outrode them all, as they made, on one occasion, for a rising ground near Carradale, from whence a wider view of the sea could be commanded.
The Seven Lights 1921
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The faces of the men and youths who outrode the train were grim, set, hopeless.
Chapter 12 1915
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I outrode the surgeon, and I apologized for keeping him waiting; so he said, "Why now, I calculate as your doctors are tired; they have plenty to do to-day."
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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