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outborrowing

outborrowing is the present participle and gerund of outborrow.

Meaning of outborrow

Verb

outborrow (third-person singular simple present outborrows, present participle outborrowing, simple past and past participle outborrowed)

  1. To borrow more than.
    • Individuals in both parties owed money to the state bank and its branches, with Whigs outborrowing Democrats.1987, Larry Schweikart, Banking in the American South from the Age of Jackson to Reconstruction, page 33

Questions about outborrowing

What is outborrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Outborrowing is the present participle and gerund of outborrow.

Words near outborrowing in the dictionary

  1. outbore
  2. outborn
  3. outborne
  4. outborrow
  5. outborrowed
  6. outborrowing
  7. outborrows
  8. outbought
  9. outbound
  10. outboundaries
  11. outboundary

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