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outfishes

outfishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outfish.

Meaning of outfish

Verb

outfish (third-person singular simple present outfishes, present participle outfishing, simple past and past participle outfished)

  1. (transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than.
    • My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we’ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose.2009 June 28, Salvatore Scibona, “Think Like a Fish”, in New York Times

Questions about outfishes

What is outfishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outfishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outfish.

Words near outfishes in the dictionary

  1. outfired
  2. outfires
  3. outfiring
  4. outfish
  5. outfished
  6. outfishes
  7. outfishing
  8. outfit
  9. outfit doctor
  10. outfit doctors
  11. outfits

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