OUTFIGHT (outfought)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: outfought   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does outfight mean? 

• OUTFIGHT (verb)
  The verb OUTFIGHT has 1 sense:

1. to fight better than; get the better of

  Familiarity information: OUTFIGHT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFIGHT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they outfight    ... he / she / it outfights   
Past simple: outfought   
Past participle: outfought   
-ing form: outfighting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To fight better than; get the better of

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The French forces outfought the Germans

Hypernyms (to "outfight" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to outfight his opponent