outdraw

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”). By surface analysis, out- +‎ draw. === Verb === outdraw (third-person singular simple present outdraws, present participle outdrawing, simple past outdrew, past participle outdrawn) To extract or draw out. (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another. 1984, Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah" (song) Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you. To attract a larger crowd than. To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks. === Anagrams === draw out, outward