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Definition of Outshooting
1. outshoot [v] - See also: outshoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outshooting
Literary usage of Outshooting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"... And therefore let a man contend to excel any competitors of his in honour, in
outshooting them, if he can, in their own bow. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
""He needn't have worried" said Croyden with a characteristic outshooting of his
under jaw. "He'd never 'a seen that." "The alternative's no more pleasant. ..."
3. The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, Clark Sutherland Northup (1908)
"... in outshooting them, if he can, in their own bow. Discreet followers and
servants help much to reputation. Omnis Jama 4 a domesticis emanat [All fame ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"And therefore let a man contend to excel any competitors of his in honor, in
outshooting them, if he can, in their own bow. Discreet followers and servants ..."
5. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1896)
"... globy Universe, outshooting every light. My lips I'll softly lay Upon her
heavenly cheek, Dyed like the dawning day, As polished ivory sleek ; And in ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1830)
"Soon a glittering car outshooting from the hostile ranks was seen. Like to a
meteor o'er a swampy vale, Swiftly and smoothly gliding, on it burned. ..."
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