outshop
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]outshop (third-person singular simple present outshops, present participle outshopping, simple past and past participle outshopped)
- (UK) To send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.
- 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159:
- Just over 50 years ago, in September, 1910, Eastleigh locomotive works outshopped their first newly constructed locomotive, Class S14 0-4-0 motor tank No. 101.
- (intransitive) To purchase goods outside of one's local area.
- 2014, Harlan E. Spotts, Marketing, Technology and Customer Commitment in the New Economy:
- Wayland, Simpson and Kemmerer's research (2000) suggested that a majority of students outshopped through the Internet and/or catalog while at school […]
- (transitive) To surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.
- 2015, Norah Wilson, Heather Doherty, Dix Dodd Mysteries Box Set 1:
- Speaking of the mall, I'm here to tell you that no one on the planet can outshop Mrs. Jane Presley.