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outhustle

outhustle verb: to do a better job of hustling than.

Verb

outhustle (third-person singular simple present outhustles, present participle outhustling, simple past and past participle outhustled)

  1. (US) To do a better job of hustling than
    • The season is over for Manhattan, not because the Jaspers were outplayed or outhustled but, perhaps, because of a single call.2007 March 4, Bill Finley, “Whistle Signals Early End for Jaspers”, in New York Times
    • They lost because they were outhustled and failed to persuade enough Americans to support their vision for the country.2024 December 29, Laurie Woodward Garcia, “Stop Blaming and Start Building a Better Tomorrow”, in People Power United

Forms of outhustle

third-person singular presentouthustles
present participleouthustling
past participleouthustled
pastouthustled

Origin of outhustle

From out- + hustle.

Questions about outhustle

What does outhustle mean?
Outhustle means to do a better job of hustling than.
What part of speech is outhustle?
Outhustle is a verb.
What is the past tense of outhustle?
The past tense of outhustle is outhustled.

Words near outhustle in the dictionary

  1. outhunts
  2. outhurl
  3. outhurled
  4. outhurling
  5. outhurls
  6. outhustle
  7. outhustled
  8. outhustles
  9. outhustling
  10. outhut
  11. outhuts

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