1. to scold more severely or effectively than someone else
Usage: rare

Examples

• The teacher managed to outscold even the strictest parent at the conference.
• She could outscold anyone when her children misbehaved in public.
• The coach tried to outscold the referee but was quickly ejected from the game.
• No one could outscold grandmother when it came to table manners.
• The principal’s ability to outscold any teacher made him feared throughout the school.