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out⋅class

[out-klas, -klahs]
–verb (used with object)
to surpass in excellence or quality, esp. by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.

Origin:
1865–70; out- + class
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out·class   (out-klās')   
tr.v.   out·classed, out·class·ing, out·class·es
To surpass decisively, so as to appear of a higher class.
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outclass  (v.)
1870, "to beat (a rival) so completely as to put him out of the same class," from out + class (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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