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outclimb

outclimb verb: to climb better or farther than.

Verb

outclimb (third-person singular simple present outclimbs, present participle outclimbing, simple past and past participle outclimbed)

  1. (transitive) To climb better or farther than.
    • “Sometimes your enemy will have a plane that can outturn yours and outclimb you, but you can suck him right into a trap and your wingman can take him out,” Tommy explained.2018, Ron Fish, The Tupi Field

Forms of outclimb

third-person singular presentoutclimbs
present participleoutclimbing
past participleoutclimbed
pastoutclimbed

Origin of outclimb

From out- + climb.

Questions about outclimb

What does outclimb mean?
Outclimb means to climb better or farther than.
What part of speech is outclimb?
Outclimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of outclimb?
The past tense of outclimb is outclimbed.

Words near outclimb in the dictionary

  1. outclearings
  2. outclever
  3. outclevered
  4. outclevering
  5. outclevers
  6. outclimb
  7. outclimbed
  8. outclimbing
  9. outclimbs
  10. outclinic
  11. outclinics

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