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Word of the day
for October 23
outgo v
  1. (transitive)
    1. (archaic) To go further than (someone or something); to exceed, to go beyond, to surpass.
    2. (obsolete)
      1. To experience, go through, or undergo (something).
      2. To travel faster than (someone or something); to outstrip, to overtake.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. (archaic except poetic and British, regional) To go out, to set forth, to set out.
    2. (obsolete) To go too far; to overextend or overreach.

outgo n

  1. (countable, business, archaic except India) A cost, expenditure, or outlay.
  2. (uncountable) The act or process of going out; (countable) an instance of this; an outgoing.
  3. (archaic or obsolete)
    1. (countable) The means by which something flows or goes out; an outlet.
    2. (uncountable, rare) A (quantity of a) substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow.
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