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out-play

out-play is the alternative form of outplay.

Meaning of outplay

Verb

outplay (third-person singular simple present outplays, present participle outplaying, simple past and past participle outplayed)

  1. (transitive) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
    • We were outplayed at tennis, but we outplayed them at football.

Forms of out-play

third-person singular presentout-plays
present participleout-playing
past participleout-played
pastout-played

Questions about out-play

What is out-play the alternative form of?
Out-play is the alternative form of outplay.

Words near out-play in the dictionary

  1. out-paramouring the Turk
  2. out-paramours
  3. out-paramours the Turk
  4. out-patient
  5. out-patients
  6. out-play
  7. out-played
  8. out-playing
  9. out-plays
  10. out-process
  11. out-processed

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