# outdraw

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To extract or draw out.
2. To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
3. To attract a larger crowd than.
4. To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

## Etymology
From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”). By surface analysis, out- + draw.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/outdraw