Surpass at bat
To outhit is to get more hits than an opponent, especially in baseball: The Cardinals outhit the Cubs 12 to 7 but still lost.
The term applies to any context where hits are counted and compared—batting statistics, boxing tallies, or website traffic.
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Surpass at bat
To outhit is to get more hits than an opponent, especially in baseball: The Cardinals outhit the Cubs 12 to 7 but still lost.
The term applies to any context where hits are counted and compared—batting statistics, boxing tallies, or website traffic.
1. baseball — slugger, Powerful baseball batter; batter (Uncooked cake mixture); RBIs (Runs credited to batter); slugging (Hitting with force); singles · doubles · triples · lineup · plate · inning · fastball · curveball · pitcher · walk-off
2. outperform — surpass, Exceed in achievement; outclass (Exceed in quality); eclipse (Celestial body blocks another); outshine (Exceed in brilliance); outdo · best · beat · exceed · top · trounce · dominate · overpower · prevail · overwhelm
individual batting outcomesouthit ≠ strike out Delete or fail batting; whiff · miss · fan · pop out · fly out
hit, hitting, hits, outlast, hitter, outplay, outscore, hitters, mis-hit
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/outhit