Outdriven

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Having been driven away or pushed out from a certain place or position
2. Being forced to leave a place due to the actions of another
3. Describing someone or something that has been displaced or removed through exertion or competition

Etymology: "Outdriven" is the past participle of "outdrive," and it is a plain, transparent formation: "out-" added to "drive," the Old English "drifan," meaning to push or propel something forward. "Out" here carries the sense of expelling or sending away, so to be outdriven is to have been driven out of a place by some outside force. The word comes into English from Middle English "outdriven," itself built from the same two parts, so the compound was already in use in the medieval period with the same logic it carries today. Its meaning, forced to leave because of another's actions, grows directly from the physical image of being pushed out the door.

Synonyms: outpaced, outperformed, outstripped, surpassed, exceeded

Antonyms: outdrives, kept up, followed, matched, lagged