SINCE 1828
outbloom
verbDefinition of outbloom
: to exceed in bloom
outbloomed all other flowers in the garden
[ 1out + bloom ]
1
: to come into bloom
outbloomed in glories manifold— Clinton Scollard
2
: to have finished blooming
her azaleas which were famous but all outbloomed by the time we got there— Catherine Hutter
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