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/ |
- 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.
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