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outgain

outgain verb: to outperform on a quantitative measurement.

Verb

outgain (third-person singular simple present outgains, present participle outgaining, simple past and past participle outgained)

  1. (transitive) To outperform on a quantitative measurement.
    • Pittsburgh stretched it to 10-0 on a Gary Russell one-yard TD lunge in the first minute of the second quarter, at that point outgaining Arizona 147-13 yards.2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Super Steelers fight back”, in Toronto Star

Forms of outgain

third-person singular presentoutgains
present participleoutgaining
past participleoutgained
pastoutgained

Origin of outgain

From out- + gain.

Questions about outgain

What does outgain mean?
Outgain means to outperform on a quantitative measurement.
What part of speech is outgain?
Outgain is a verb.
What is the past tense of outgain?
The past tense of outgain is outgained.

Words near outgain in the dictionary

  1. outfunny
  2. outgabble
  3. outgabbled
  4. outgabbles
  5. outgabbling
  6. outgain
  7. outgained
  8. outgaining
  9. outgains
  10. outgallop
  11. outgalloped

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