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Definition of outvote verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

outvote

verb
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they outvote
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊt/
he / she / it outvotes
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊts/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊts/
past simple outvoted
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/
past participle outvoted
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪd/
-ing form outvoting
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪŋ/
 
/ˌaʊtˈvəʊtɪŋ/
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  1. outvote somebody/something to defeat somebody/something by winning a larger number of votes synonym vote somebody/something down
    • His proposal was outvoted by 10 votes to 8.
See outvote in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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