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outtalking

outtalking is the present participle and gerund 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 outtalking

What is outtalking the present participle and gerund of?
Outtalking is the present participle and gerund of outtalk.

Words near outtalking in the dictionary

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

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