outpull

[ out-pool ]

verb (used with object)

1. to exceed in ability to attract an audience, attention, etc.; outdraw:

   a film that is outpulling every other movie in town.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outpull¹

First recorded in 1925–30; out- + pull

Example Sentences

Very seriously, Papa said, “You know I have two mules down on my place. One is almost as big as a barn. The other one isn’t much bigger than a jack rabbit, but that little mule can outpull the big one every time.”

From Literature

He airlifted nearly 4,000 farmers and dealers to Phoenix, Ariz, to unveil the "1960 Case-O-Matic Line," lashed his tractors stern to stern with competitors' models to show how they could outpull them.

From Time Magazine Archive

And while we humans may have the ability to outpull a shark, the soft, creamy foods we eat have resulted in our being somewhat less than a match for him, dentally.

From Time Magazine Archive

He won quickly through the inevitable series of mishaps that rubbed the greenhorn mark away; and he gleefully measured his progress by his ever-growing ability to outpull, outclimb, and outdare the polyglot denizens of the brigantine's forecastle.

From Project Gutenberg

Well then, were her powers of attraction great enough, even if they were consciously exerted to the utmost, to outpull Paula's with a musician, with a man whose songs she could sing as she had sung to-night?

From Project Gutenberg