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OUTSELL
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Irregular inflected form: outsold
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sell more than others
Example:
This salesman outsells his colleagues
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "outsell" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be sold more often than other, similar products
Example:
The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "outsell" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
