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outgaining

outgaining is the present participle and gerund of outgain.

Meaning of outgain

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

Questions about outgaining

What is outgaining the present participle and gerund of?
Outgaining is the present participle and gerund of outgain.

Words near outgaining in the dictionary

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

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