outfight
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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“No one was ever going to outfight me. And that was the way we were expected to play and expected to live every day of our lives.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2021
“Watching Reeves outfight everyone on the planet — always dressed to kill — is precisely why these films exist,” The Times said in its review.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019
The rest seem to think they can elude, outrun, or outfight the demons that come for them.
From Slate • May 20, 2013
Peterson should be able to redirect receivers and outfight them for the ball.
From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 17, 2011
Beckwith later noted: “Washington did not really outfight the British, he simply outspied us!”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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