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out-friend

out-friend is the alternative form of outfriend.

Meaning of outfriend

Verb

outfriend (third-person singular simple present outfriends, present participle outfriending, simple past and past participle outfriended)

  1. (transitive) To befriend or gain more friends than (another)
    • I suggested that we must scale our values to match a world where millions can “friend,” “unfriend,” and “outfriend” each other with the click of a mouse and gain “followers” in 140 characters or less.2011, Dov Seidman, How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything - Page xix

Forms of out-friend

third-person singular presentout-friends
present participleout-friending
past participleout-friended
pastout-friended

Questions about out-friend

What is out-friend the alternative form of?
Out-friend is the alternative form of outfriend.

Words near out-friend in the dictionary

  1. out-fits
  2. out-flank
  3. out-flanked
  4. out-flanking
  5. out-flanks
  6. out-friend
  7. out-front
  8. out-gassing
  9. out-general
  10. out-generaled
  11. out-go

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