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Word: outdrank (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...chance for self-expression unparalleled in the rest of the world.") His energy is prodigious, his persistence monumental. On one four-week swing through Latin America ("the continent of the future"), Erhard outlasted two aides, who split the 18-hour daily duty of keeping up with him, outate, outdrank and outtalked his hosts in eight countries, and sparked a tremendous interest in doing business with Germany. Nothing defeats him. Says an associate: "As soon as he recognizes that he cannot get into a house through the front door, he is at the back quicker than the man inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Engineer of a Miracle | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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