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outdig

outdig verb: to dig better or faster than another.

Verb

outdig (third-person singular simple present outdigs, present participle outdigging, simple past and past participle outdug)

  1. (transitive) To dig better or faster than another.
    • A more American version exists in the legend of John Henry, the “steel-driving man” who dropped dead attempting to prove that he could outdig a machine.2019 September 27, Greg Jones, “Andrew Yang’s UBI: A Universally Bad Idea”, in The American Spectator

Forms of outdig

third-person singular presentoutdigs
present participleoutdigging
past participleoutdug
pastoutdug

Origin of outdig

From out- + dig.

Questions about outdig

What does outdig mean?
Outdig means to dig better or faster than another.
What part of speech is outdig?
Outdig is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdig?
The past tense of outdig is outdug.

Words near outdig in the dictionary

  1. outdevilling
  2. outdevils
  3. Outdia
  4. outdid
  5. outdiffuse
  6. outdig
  7. outdigging
  8. outdigs
  9. outdin
  10. outdinned
  11. outdinning

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