out-verkramp, verb transitive

Forms:
Also out-verkrampt.
Origin:
English, AfrikaansShow more English out- an element combining with verbs, meaning ‘to surpass, outdo’ + Afrikaans verkramp narrow, bigoted.
To outdo (someone) in ultra-conservative views or behaviour. See also verkramp.
1971 Sunday Times 26 June 6The Nationalist Party tried to out-verkramp the HNP on almost every issue.
1972 Evening Post 9 Sept. 11Mr Viljoen has decided..that the way to defeat Dr Mulder is to out-verkrampt him.
1982 Sunday Times 28 Feb. 28If Mr P W Botha..even tries to outverkramp his new opponents, the split will have been little more than a messy and meaningless tribal squabble.
To outdo (someone) in ultra-conservative views or behaviour.
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