Meaning
To go further than (someone or something); to exceed, to go beyond, to surpass.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
PIE word *úd The verb is derived from Middle English outgon (“to go out, depart, leave; to come out, emerge; to escape; to protrude; of a sword: to be drawn; to emanate from (a place); to accompany”), from Old English ūtgān (“to go out”), Proto-West Germanic *ūtgān (“to go out”), equivalent to out- + go. See also go out. Compare Middle English outwenden (“to go out, depart, leave; to escape; to be emitted, fly out from; of a weapon: to be drawn”), which, like modern outgo, had the past tense and past participle form outwent. The noun is derived from modern English out- (prefix meaning ‘away from; toward the outside of’) + go. Sense 1 (“cost, expenditure, or outlay”) was probably modelled on income. Cognates * Scots outgae * West Frisian útgean * Dutch uitgaan * German Low German utgahn * German ausgehen * Swedish utgå
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 16 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-20TGINOQU
- 2026-04-13GHUROTW
- 2025-12-13UTDRNGO
- 2025-11-22OGWUTIN
- 2025-09-03GAUNTRON
- 2025-08-25TAOHGLU
- 2025-07-14TBRHGOU
- 2025-03-16GUDTOEN
- 2024-10-31OFTHGLU
- 2024-08-27OGTKINU
- 2024-06-21OAUTLGH
- 2024-06-03TDOHGNU
+4 earlier appearances in the archive.