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outwrestle

outwrestle verb: to defeat or surpass in wrestling.

Verb

outwrestle (third-person singular simple present outwrestles, present participle outwrestling, simple past and past participle outwrestled)

  1. (transitive) To defeat or surpass in wrestling.

Forms of outwrestle

third-person singular presentoutwrestles
present participleoutwrestling
past participleoutwrestled
pastoutwrestled

Origin of outwrestle

From out- + wrestle.

Questions about outwrestle

What does outwrestle mean?
Outwrestle means to defeat or surpass in wrestling.
What part of speech is outwrestle?
Outwrestle is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwrestle?
The past tense of outwrestle is outwrestled.

Words near outwrestle in the dictionary

  1. outwrenches
  2. outwrenching
  3. outwrest
  4. outwrested
  5. outwresting
  6. outwrestle
  7. outwrestled
  8. outwrestles
  9. outwrestling
  10. outwrests
  11. outwriggle

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