That's right; he (or she) doesn't outrank me, a lowly police officer.
Harris, having contended that a managing editor did not outrank an editor, was then informed that a post of editor-in-chief would be created.
Asked if the mammoth project might indeed happen, Dr. Church said that "there is some enthusiasm for it," although making zoos better did not outrank fixing the energy crisis on his priority list.
Like spotted hyenas, brown hyenas live in clans that mark and defend territory, but behaviour differs in several critical ways: adult females nurse each other's cubs; other clan members take food to the cubs; and females do not outrank males.
There was no one in the office who did not outrank me, or deserve it; I did not even know what my job even was, really, beyond picking up food from a nearby restaurant and then walking it back to the office for some of my bosses to enjoy in meetings with other people who were probably also my bosses.
They didn't outrank Ms. Marsh, who reported directly to Commissioner Safir, but they might as well have.
I knew I was smarter than him, I knew I'd be bigger than him, and I didn't understand why I didn't outrank him.
I've often heard parents get into heated discussions over these rankings, but I've never heard one mention how the ranks were calculated (except maybe to say they must be wrong if a favorite school didn't outrank a less-preferred competitor).
There was a time when professors did not outrank music premieres on television.
One of the main reasons Swift didn't outrank Perry (despite the incredible success of Swift's album "Reputation" and the subsequent equally successful tour by the same name) is that her tour dates were outside the period for the list. .
Furthermore a leading consideration does not trump even if it outranks all other considerations.
