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outdebate

outdebate verb: to surpass in debating.

Verb

outdebate (third-person singular simple present outdebates, present participle outdebating, simple past and past participle outdebated)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in debating.
    • So, Trump could pull a Sun-Tzu move, and point this out, then say he wants to give Biden a chance to get himself back above water, a chance to outdebate him.2024 December 3, Robert B. Charles, “Trump-Biden Debates?”, in Association of Mature American Citizens

Forms of outdebate

third-person singular presentoutdebates
present participleoutdebating
past participleoutdebated
pastoutdebated

Origin of outdebate

From out- + debate.

Questions about outdebate

What does outdebate mean?
Outdebate means to surpass in debating.
What part of speech is outdebate?
Outdebate is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdebate?
The past tense of outdebate is outdebated.

Words near outdebate in the dictionary

  1. outdazzling
  2. outdeadlift
  3. outdeadlifted
  4. outdeadlifting
  5. outdeadlifts
  6. outdebate
  7. outdebated
  8. outdebates
  9. outdebating
  10. outdefend
  11. outdefended

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