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outthreaten

outthreaten verb: to threaten more than; to surpass in threats.

Verb

outthreaten (third-person singular simple present outthreatens, present participle outthreatening, simple past and past participle outthreatened)

  1. (transitive) To threaten more than; to surpass in threats.

Forms of outthreaten

third-person singular presentoutthreatens
present participleoutthreatening
past participleoutthreatened
pastoutthreatened

Origin of outthreaten

From out- + threaten.

Questions about outthreaten

What does outthreaten mean?
Outthreaten means to threaten more than; to surpass in threats.
What part of speech is outthreaten?
Outthreaten is a verb.
What is the past tense of outthreaten?
The past tense of outthreaten is outthreatened.

Words near outthreaten in the dictionary

  1. outthanks
  2. outthink
  3. outthinking
  4. outthinks
  5. outthought
  6. outthreaten
  7. outthreatened
  8. outthreatening
  9. outthreatens
  10. outthrew
  11. outthrob

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