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outbash

outbash verb: to exceed or surpass in bashing (in various senses).

Verb

outbash (third-person singular simple present outbashes, present participle outbashing, simple past and past participle outbashed)

  1. To exceed or surpass in bashing (in various senses).
    • The Republican Party has no credible authority figure right now that they have to listen to. So it becomes just this competition for who can outbash China. And that just doesn't end well.2025 April 15, Ezra Klein, “Why Trump Could Lose His Trade War With China”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2025

Forms of outbash

third-person singular presentoutbashes
present participleoutbashing
past participleoutbashed
pastoutbashed

Origin of outbash

From out- + bash.

Questions about outbash

What does outbash mean?
Outbash means to exceed or surpass in bashing (in various senses).
What part of speech is outbash?
Outbash is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbash?
The past tense of outbash is outbashed.

Words near outbash in the dictionary

  1. outbarring
  2. outbars
  3. outbase
  4. outbased
  5. outbases
  6. outbash
  7. outbashed
  8. outbashes
  9. outbashing
  10. outbasket
  11. outbaskets

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