outgain

verb

out·​gain ˌau̇t-ˈgān 

outgained; outgaining; outgains

transitive verb

: to gain more than

especially, American football : to gain more yards than

The Steelers outgained the Ravens 175 yards to 73, held the ball for more than 19 minutes and had no penalties or punts.

—Josh Elliott

Examples of outgain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But South Carolina became the first team this season to outgain them, 459-340. —Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Nov. 2021

Saquon Barkley has 211 yards rushing and 94 yards receiving for the Nittany Lions, who outgain Iowa 579-273 but nearly blew the game. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022

Louisville did outgain Air Force 137-93 on the ground in the first half. —Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Dec. 2021

Kansas City went on to outgain the Steelers 478-216 with the bulk of those Pittsburgh yards coming on a pair of late second-half scoring drives (both capped by Roethlisberger touchdown passes). —Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outgain

• abstain
• airplane
• alkane
• arcane
• arraign
• attain
• backplane
• betaine
• biplane
• blockchain
• butane
• campaign