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outdigging

outdigging is the present participle of outdig.

Meaning of outdig

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

Questions about outdigging

What is outdigging the present participle of?
Outdigging is the present participle of outdig.

Words near outdigging in the dictionary

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

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