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outfishing

outfishing is the present participle and gerund 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 outfishing

What is outfishing the present participle and gerund of?
Outfishing is the present participle and gerund of outfish.

Words near outfishing in the dictionary

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

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