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outfooting

outfooting is the present participle and gerund of outfoot.

Meaning of outfoot

Verb

outfoot (third-person singular simple present outfoots, present participle outfooting, simple past and past participle outfooted)

  1. (transitive) To run or travel faster than
    • As has been said, Jerry headed the train of revellers, partially because it was most unwise to cut in ahead of Jerry and partially because there was not a piece of horseflesh in the Three B's which could outfoot his chestnut.1920, Max Brand, The Night Horseman
    Synonyms:
    outpace, outrun

Questions about outfooting

What is outfooting the present participle and gerund of?
Outfooting is the present participle and gerund of outfoot.

Words near outfooting in the dictionary

  1. outfooled
  2. outfooling
  3. outfools
  4. outfoot
  5. outfooted
  6. outfooting
  7. outfoots
  8. outform
  9. outformation
  10. outformations
  11. outfought

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outfooting (page history and authors); outfoot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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