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outshop en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + shop.

Meanings

1. (UK) To send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.
   • Just over 50 years ago, in September, 1910, Eastleigh locomotive works outshopped their first newly constructed locomotive, Class S14 0-4-0 motor tank No. 101. 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159:
2. (intransitive) To purchase goods outside of one's local area.
   • Wayland, Simpson and Kemmerer's research (2000) suggested that a majority of students outshopped through the Internet and/or catalog while at school […] 2014, Harlan E. Spotts, Marketing, Technology and Customer Commitment in the New Economy:
3. (transitive) To surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.
   • Speaking of the mall, I'm here to tell you that no one on the planet can outshop Mrs. Jane Presley. 2015, Norah Wilson, Heather Doherty, Dix Dodd Mysteries Box Set 1:

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