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outfight

outfight verb: to fight or battle better than.

Verb

outfight (third-person singular simple present outfights, present participle outfighting, simple past and past participle outfought)

  1. To fight or battle better than.
    • Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022

Forms of outfight

third-person singular presentoutfights
present participleoutfighting
past participleoutfought
pastoutfought

Origin of outfight

From out- + fight.

Questions about outfight

What does outfight mean?
Outfight means to fight or battle better than.
What part of speech is outfight?
Outfight is a verb.
What is the past tense of outfight?
The past tense of outfight is outfought.

Words near outfight in the dictionary

  1. outfielders
  2. outfielding
  3. outfields
  4. outfieldsman
  5. outfieldsmen
  6. outfight
  7. outfighter
  8. outfighters
  9. outfighting
  10. outfights
  11. outfigure

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