out-trotv.
/ˌaʊtˈtrɒt/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈtrɑt/ transitive. To surpass in trotting; to trot faster than; to overtake at a trot. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip
to leave behinda1393
overgoc1425
preventa1500
outgo1530
out-trot1555
outstrip1567
stripa1592
outpacea1596
out-swift1606
to have (also get) the speed ofa1616
outstretcha1642
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642
to gain bounds of1653
outrace1657
outspeed1661
to cast behind1681
distance1691
belag1721
repass1728
outfoot1740
outdistance1789
fore-reach1803
to have the foot of1832
to run away1843
slip1856
short-head1863
tine1871
forespeed1872
outrate1873
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (transitive)] > trot > excel in trotting
out-trot1713
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.iii Gallop yonge wyues, shal tholde trot, out trot yow?
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 18 Mar. Not mend their Pace into a Gallop, when they are out-trotted by a Rival.
1837 W. M. Thackeray Carlyle's French Revol. in Wks. (1900) XIII. 249 Mr. Bulwer.., on his Athenian hobby, had quite out-trotted stately Mr. Gibbon.
1856 Harper's Mag. June 139/2 He said his horse was a marvel for speed, that he could out-run or out-trot any thing traveling in those parts.
1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 518/2 Unfortunately, we of the West were unable to expose the ‘gang’ that infested our meeting this season, nor did we possess the ‘green one’ to out-trot them.
1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Sept. c8 Red Rhone outtrotted two-time Harness Horse of the Year Mack Lobell.
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Feb. v. 10 Sungari, an 8-year-old bay gelding..had recently outtrotted nearly a hundred horses to win first place in a 50-mile endurance race.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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