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outgo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun outgo has 1 sense
- outgo(n = noun.possession) expenditure, outlay, spending - money paid out; an amount spent; Array is a kind of transferred possession, transferred property
has particulars: cost, expense, transfer payment
Antonym: income
Verb outgo has 1 sense
- outgo(v = verb.competition) exceed, outdo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
outgo, v. t.
- To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo. [1913 Webster]
- To circumvent; to overreach. Denham. [1913 Webster]
outgo, n.
That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income ; as, when one's outgo exceeds one's income, distress follows quickly. Lowell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outgo, v. & n.
--v.tr. (3rd sing. present -goes; past -went; past part. -gone) archaic go faster than; surpass.
--n. (pl. -goes) expenditure of money, effort, etc.
--v.tr. (3rd sing. present -goes; past -went; past part. -gone) archaic go faster than; surpass.
--n. (pl. -goes) expenditure of money, effort, etc.
ROGET THESAURUS
outgo
Transcursion
VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.
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