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OUTSELL (outsold)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outsell mean? 

OUTSELL (verb)
  The verb OUTSELL has 2 senses:

1. be sold more often than other, similar productsplay

2. sell more than othersplay

  Familiarity information: OUTSELL used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUTSELL (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be sold more often than other, similar products

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin

Hypernyms (to "outsell" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Sell more than others

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

This salesman outsells his colleagues

Hypernyms (to "outsell" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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