Outvote (verb)

  1. To have more votes than someone else.
  2. To vote against someone else or something else.

Origin:

Early 19th century: from out- "beyond" + vote.

Examples:

  1. The motion was defeated as the minority outvoted the majority.
  2. The new proposal was outvoted by the old one.
  3. The new candidate outvoted the others and won the election.
  4. The new idea was outvoted by the old one.
  5. The new proposal was outvoted by the board of directors.
Some random words: gripe, poach, beret