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outcampaign

outcampaign verb: to campaign better than (as for a political position).

Verb

outcampaign (third-person singular simple present outcampaigns, present participle outcampaigning, simple past and past participle outcampaigned)

  1. (transitive) To campaign better than (as for a political position).
    • “But I can outcampaign these guys, and I will, and I can, and we’re going to be doing just fine both here and Iowa and in South Carolina, and I have every confidence.”2007 July 15, Michael Cooper, “With a Leaner Campaign, McCain to Focus on 3 States”, in New York Times

Forms of outcampaign

third-person singular presentoutcampaigns
present participleoutcampaigning
past participleoutcampaigned
pastoutcampaigned

Origin of outcampaign

From out- + campaign.

Questions about outcampaign

What does outcampaign mean?
Outcampaign means to campaign better than (as for a political position).
What part of speech is outcampaign?
Outcampaign is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcampaign?
The past tense of outcampaign is outcampaigned.

Words near outcampaign in the dictionary

  1. outcall
  2. outcalled
  3. outcalling
  4. outcalls
  5. outcamp
  6. outcampaign
  7. outcampaigned
  8. outcampaigning
  9. outcampaigns
  10. outcamped
  11. outcamping

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