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outgunning

outgunning is the present participle and gerund of outgun.

Meaning of outgun

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

Questions about outgunning

What is outgunning the present participle and gerund of?
Outgunning is the present participle and gerund of outgun.

Words near outgunning in the dictionary

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

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