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overdogs

overdogs is the plural of overdog.

Meaning of overdog

Noun

overdog (plural overdogs)

  1. someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field
    • Yet Truman, facing the resistance of his own State Department, was frequently irritated by Zionist lobbying and was wary of any sign of the Jewish underdogs becoming the bullying overdogs:2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 556
    Synonyms:
    top dog, upperdog

Questions about overdogs

What is overdogs the plural of?
Overdogs is the plural of overdog.

Words near overdogs in the dictionary

  1. overdoes
  2. overdog
  3. overdogmatic
  4. overdogmatically
  5. overdogmatism
  6. overdogs
  7. overdoing
  8. overdoings
  9. overdomesticate
  10. overdomesticated
  11. overdomesticates

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