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outwinning

outwinning is the present participle and gerund of outwin.

Meaning of outwin

Verb

outwin (third-person singular simple present outwins, present participle outwinning, simple past and past participle outwon)

  1. (obsolete) To win a way out (of); to escape (from).
    • It is a darksome delve farre under ground, / With thornes and barren brakes environd round, / That none the same may easily out-win […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about outwinning

What is outwinning the present participle and gerund of?
Outwinning is the present participle and gerund of outwin.

Words near outwinning in the dictionary

  1. outwinds
  2. outwing
  3. outwinged
  4. outwinging
  5. outwings
  6. outwinning
  7. outwins
  8. outwinter
  9. outwintered
  10. outwintering
  11. outwinters

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