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outguns

outguns is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outguns

What is outguns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outguns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outgun.

Words near outguns in the dictionary

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

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