outmuscle
outmuscle verb: to surpass in a contest involving strength.
Verb
outmuscle (third-person singular simple present outmuscles, present participle outmuscling, simple past and past participle outmuscled)
- To surpass in a contest involving strength.
- UConn barreled through the West Regional, pummeling Purdue in the semifinals and outmuscling Missouri in the final.2009 March 30, William C. Rhoden, “For Coaches, Recruiting Top Players Can Lead to a Dark Side”, in The New York Times
- For most of the game they were outmuscled and outplayed, which left them bruised, physically and emotionally. […] “They just outmuscled us,” Knicks Coach Jeff Hornacek said. “Outmuscled and then, for a stretch, out-hustled.”2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times
Forms of outmuscle
| third-person singular present | outmuscles |
|---|---|
| present participle | outmuscling |
| past participle | outmuscled |
| past | outmuscled |
Origin of outmuscle
From out- + muscle.
Questions about outmuscle
- What does outmuscle mean?
- Outmuscle means to surpass in a contest involving strength.
- What part of speech is outmuscle?
- Outmuscle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outmuscle?
- The past tense of outmuscle is outmuscled.
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