outserve
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]outserve (third-person singular simple present outserves, present participle outserving, simple past and past participle outserved)
- (transitive) To serve more or better than.
- 2006, William Roger Louis, Ends of British imperialism, page 763:
- Even the National Provincial Bank, the Company's bankers, believed that he had outserved his time.
- 2007 July 5, John Branch, “Venus Ousts Sharapova; Serena Falls to Henin”, in New York Times[1]:
- Because if Venus wants it, you can’t outhit her, you can’t outserve her, and she and Serena, when they return serves, it’s just unbelievable.