Outshop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Outshop is a verb meaning (UK) To send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.
Meaning
(UK) To send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To purchase goods outside of one's local area.
- (transitive) To surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.
Example Sentences
Speaking of the mall, I'm here to tell you that no one on the planet can outshop Mrs. Jane Presley.
Wayland, Simpson and Kemmerer's research (2000) suggested that a majority of students outshopped through the Internet and/or catalog while at school […]
Just over 50 years ago, in September, 1910, Eastleigh locomotive works outshopped their first newly constructed locomotive, Class S14 0-4-0 motor tank No. 101.
Word Forms
- outshops
- outshopping
- outshopped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outstable, shed, shopstead, storehouse, showroom, workhouse.
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