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• v  be or do something to a greater degree

• Each tried to outmatch the other in expressing dislike for Harry Truman and his civil-rights program.
• Memorialized in gangster movies and in TV's The Untouchables, the Thompson submachine gun, it turns out, can still outmatch some of its modern successors: one of its .
• In numbers and enthusiasm, the organized Democrats seem to outmatch the organized Republicans, a situation that the Republicans are working hard to change.

• surpass
• outstrip
• outgo
• exceed
• outdo
• surmount
• outperform

News & Articles

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• Invasive mussel is not harmed by toxins and invades the freshwaters of Europe and North America
  ( University of Southern Denmark ) While most freshwater mussels react stressfully and weaken when exposed to the toxins in blue-green algae in their water environment, the little zebra mussel is rather indifferent. It is not affected by the toxins, and this helps it outmatch stressed and weakened mussels, report researchers from the University of Southern Denmark. This is bad for the ...
  Oct. 3, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Kevin Kolb in ESPN
  They've got good athletes, Big 12 athletes,Kolb said. "Hopefully, our fire and intensity will outmatch theirs."