0 past simple and past participle of outvote --
1 to defeat someone by winning a greater number of votes: --
Of course, even if outvoted, if the article does not apply, that is a matter they can challenge.
Let us say the chairman of the tribunal was outvoted.
Let us look at the number of times in the last year, where records are available, that we were outvoted by qualified majority voting.
He will be aware that a few years ago we tried—but were outvoted —to secure a lower price for cereals.
I suspect that they would have been outvoted.
On occasion, we may well be outvoted, as other countries may disagree with our view of how to resolve a problem.
But what is the scope of the matters in respect of which we or any other nation may be outvoted in the future?
In a democracy with universal suffrage they can, of course, always be outvoted.
