outbuild

Etymology

out- + build

verb

  1. (transitive) To build more or better than.
    “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District. July 20, 2007, Dave Caldwell, “Williamsport, Pa.: Home of True Small Ball”, in New York Times

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