outrate

verb

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out·rate | \ ˌau̇t-ˈrāt

outrated; outrating

Definition of outrate

transitive verb

: to have a better rating than It also was the first NBC scripted show to outrate a lead-in from "The Voice."— Toni Fitzgerald

Examples of outrate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the run-up to Thursday night, the Biden campaign embraced the popular ratings narrative and predicted that Trump would outrate Biden. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "More people watched Biden on ABC than Trump on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC," 16 Oct. 2020

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