outposition

To obtain a better position than.

Verb

  1. To obtain a better position than.
    • The dribble is also used when driving toward the basket for a score, when trying to "outposition" an opponent, or when trying to clear from a congested area. - 1977, Thomas Kirk Cureton, Sports, Dance, and Related...
    • The DRI turnaround strategy involved a wide range of attempts to outposition Microsoft. - 1985, Robert T. Fertig, The Software Revolution:
    • Once the Japanese add the American blue prints to their own and fill out the "unknowns" of their knowledge, the Japanese will be able to outposition the U.S. in its single remaining and greatest industry — aerospace. -...

Origin

From out- + position.

Forms

outpositions outpositioning outpositioned