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outswore

outswore is the simple past of outswear.

Meaning of outswear

Verb

outswear (third-person singular simple present outswears, present participle outswearing, simple past outswore, past participle outsworn)

  1. (transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
    • When she was not speaking honeyed words, she used earthy language, outswearing the men around her.1998, Jane Resh Thomas, Behind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I

Questions about outswore

What is outswore the simple past of?
Outswore is the simple past of outswear.

Words near outswore in the dictionary

  1. outswinger
  2. outswingers
  3. outswinging
  4. outswings
  5. outswollen
  6. outswore
  7. outsworn
  8. outswum
  9. outswung
  10. outta
  11. outta sight

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