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outbrain

outbrain verb: to exceed in mental ability; to be cleverer than.

Verb

outbrain (third-person singular simple present outbrains, present participle outbraining, simple past and past participle outbrained)

  1. (informal, transitive) To exceed in mental ability; to be cleverer than.

Forms of outbrain

third-person singular presentoutbrains
present participleoutbraining
past participleoutbrained
pastoutbrained

Origin of outbrain

From out- + brain.

Questions about outbrain

What does outbrain mean?
Outbrain means to exceed in mental ability; to be cleverer than.
What part of speech is outbrain?
Outbrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbrain?
The past tense of outbrain is outbrained.

Words near outbrain in the dictionary

  1. outboxing
  2. outbrag
  3. outbragged
  4. outbragging
  5. outbrags
  6. outbrain
  7. outbrained
  8. outbraining
  9. outbrains
  10. outbrake
  11. outbrake oneself

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