Home › Words › O › outshopoutshopoutshop means to send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.EtymologyFrom out- + shop.verbTo send a railway vehicle out from a workshop or factory after construction or overhaul.e.g.“Just over 50 years ago, in September, 1910, Eastleigh locomotive works outshopped their first newly constructed locomotive, Class S14 0-4-0 motor tank No. 101.” — 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159:To purchase goods outside of one's local area.e.g.“Wayland, Simpson and Kemmerer's research (2000) suggested that a majority of students outshopped through the Internet and/or catalog while at school […]” — 2014, Harlan E. Spotts, Marketing, Technology and Customer Commitment in the New Economy:To surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.e.g.“Speaking of the mall, I'm here to tell you that no one on the planet can outshop Mrs. Jane Presley.” — 2015, Norah Wilson, Heather Doherty, Dix Dodd Mysteries Box Set 1:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).