OUTDRAW

outdraw

(verb) draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outdraw (third-person singular simple present outdraws, present participle outdrawing, simple past outdrew, past participle outdrawn)

To extract or draw out.

(Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.

To attract a larger crowd than.

To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

Anagrams

• draw out, outward

Source: Wiktionary


Out*draw", v. t.

Definition: To draw out; to extract. [R.] "He must the teeth outdraw." Gower.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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