outvote

verb

out·vote ˌau̇t-ˈvōt

outvoted; outvoting

: to cast more votes than

… youth voter turnout in presidential elections has fallen below 50 percent, and Baby Boomers now outvote their children's generation …—

Derek Thompson

: to defeat by a majority of votes

two groups combining to outvote the other members of the board

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Corrections were made by three computers on the basis of two computers outvoting the third. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024 More:Texas Supreme Court justice seeking reelection under fire for absenteeism, ethics concerns During the early voting period, which ended Friday, Republicans outvoted Democrats by more than a 2-1 ratio. —

Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024 The regulator’s two Republican commissioners, Mark Christie and Lindsay See, outvoted Democratic chair Willie Phillips. —

Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 In North Carolina, women were outvoting men by 11 percentage points as of Thursday, while the gap was 12 points in Georgia and 13 points in Pennsylvania. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for outvote