out|climb

out|climb
out|climb «owt KLYM», transitive verb, -climbed or (Archaic) -clomb, -climb|ing.
to surpass in climbing: »

This…truck can outspeed, outclimb, outdo any other VW Truck on the road today (New York Times).


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