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outclass

[out-klas, -klahs]

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verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin:
1865–70; out- + class

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outclass (ˌaʊtˈklɑːs)

—vb
1.	to surpass in class, quality, etc
2.	to defeat easily

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outclass

1870, "to beat (a rival) so completely as to put him out of the same class," from out + class (q.v.).

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