outgun
Americanverb (used with object)
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to exceed in firepower.
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to outdo or overwhelm, as by superior forces.
Local manufacturers have been outgunned by the overseas competition.
verb
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to surpass in fire power
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to surpass in shooting
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informal to surpass or excel
Etymology
Origin of outgun
Example Sentences
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Dubois is up against an improved Joshua who will outgun him in too many different departments.
From BBC
Massa and Bullrich both outgun Milei in terms of followers on X. But on TikTok, popular among younger people, Milei has 1.4 million followers, well ahead of Massa's 43,500 and Bullrich's 215,000.
From Reuters
Haitian Foreign Minister Jean Victor Geneus said gangs are operating not out of political goals, but self-interested enrichment, and badly outgun Haitian security forces.
From Los Angeles Times
But he acknowledged that the “numbers clearly favor the Russians.... In terms of artillery, they do outnumber, they outgun and outrange.”
From Los Angeles Times
With Dallas having few big bodies capable of countering Looney inside, its guards will seek greater stylistic diversity as they try to outgun Golden State.
From Washington Post
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