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outgun

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Canada/ˌaʊtˈɡʌn/

outgun verb: to defeat in terms of firepower.

Verb

outgun (third-person singular simple present outguns, present participle outgunning, simple past and past participle outgunned)

  1. (transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower.
    • Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you.1917, H.G. Wells, War and the Future
    • "Boarding is our only chance here. We are too heavily outgunned."1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

outgun meaning in Urdu

outgun in Urdu

غلبہ کرنا, ہرانا

Forms of outgun

third-person singular presentoutguns
present participleoutgunning
past participleoutgunned
pastoutgunned
alternative formout-gun

Origin of outgun

From out- + gun.

Words that rhyme with outgun

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Questions about outgun

What does outgun mean?
Outgun means to defeat in terms of firepower.
What is outgun in Urdu?
Outgun in Urdu is غلبہ کرنا, ہرانا. See Outgun meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is outgun?
Outgun is a verb.
How do you pronounce outgun?
Outgun is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈɡʌn/ (Canada).
What is the past tense of outgun?
The past tense of outgun is outgunned.

Words near outgun in the dictionary

  1. outguessed
  2. outguesses
  3. outguessing
  4. outguide
  5. outguides
  6. outgun
  7. outgunned
  8. outgunning
  9. outguns
  10. outgush
  11. outgushed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outgun (page history and authors); outgun (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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