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outfriend

outfriend verb: to befriend or gain more friends than (another).

Verb

outfriend (third-person singular simple present outfriends, present participle outfriending, simple past and past participle outfriended)

  1. (transitive) To befriend or gain more friends than (another)
    • I suggested that we must scale our values to match a world where millions can “friend,” “unfriend,” and “outfriend” each other with the click of a mouse and gain “followers” in 140 characters or less.2011, Dov Seidman, How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything - Page xix
    • Ever since Frankie unintentionally outfriended her, Cleo had been intent on winning back her status. Lala tried to figure out which couple the sponsors would respond to more. It was nearly impossible to decide between the two.2012, Lisi Harrison, Monster High: Back and Deader Than Ever

Forms of outfriend

third-person singular presentoutfriends
present participleoutfriending
past participleoutfriended
pastoutfriended
alternative formout-friend

Origin of outfriend

From out- + friend.

Questions about outfriend

What does outfriend mean?
Outfriend means to befriend or gain more friends than (another).
What part of speech is outfriend?
Outfriend is a verb.
What is the past tense of outfriend?
The past tense of outfriend is outfriended.

Words near outfriend in the dictionary

  1. outfreaking
  2. outfreaks
  3. outfreeze
  4. outfreezes
  5. outfreezing
  6. outfriend
  7. outfront
  8. outfrown
  9. outfrowned
  10. outfrowning
  11. outfrowns

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