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outtalked

outtalked is the simple past and past participle of outtalk.

Meaning of outtalk

Verb

outtalk (third-person singular simple present outtalks, present participle outtalking, simple past and past participle outtalked)

  1. (transitive) To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
    • McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond.2009 May 10, Adam Nagourney, “Governor Clintonism?”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To outwit by talking.

Questions about outtalked

What is outtalked the simple past and past participle of?
Outtalked is the simple past and past participle of outtalk.

Words near outtalked in the dictionary

  1. outtalent
  2. outtalented
  3. outtalenting
  4. outtalents
  5. outtalk
  6. outtalked
  7. outtalking
  8. outtalks
  9. outtasight
  10. outtask
  11. outtasked

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