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outthrow

verb

Etymology

From out- + throw.

  1. derived from *terh₁-✻ — “to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”
  2. inherited from *þrēaną✻ — “to twist, turn”
  3. inherited from *þrāan✻
  4. inherited from þrāwan — “to turn, twist”
  5. inherited from throwen
  6. prefixed as outthrow — “out + throw”

Definitions

  1. To throw out.

  2. To surpass in throwing.

    • But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.

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