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outswear

[out-swair]

verb (used with object)

outswore , outsware, outsworn, outswearing. .
  1. to outdo in swearing.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of outswear1

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + swear
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Example Sentences

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Candidates hoping to outswear Mr. Trump are almost certainly overmatched.

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Outswear, owt-swār′, v.t. to exceed in swearing.

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Short and powerfully built, Quan can outswear a gale of wind -- and outtalk even the most talkative Chinese.

They called him the Parson, because it was said he could outswear any man in the camp, and that was saying a great deal, wonderful as were his achievements in this line.

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That famish'd slave Beggar'd by wealth, who starves that he may save, Brings hither but his sheet; nay, th' ostrich-man That feeds on steel and bullet, he that can Outswear his lordship, and reply as tough To a kind word, as if his tongue were buff, Is chap-fall'n here: worms without wit or fear Defy him now; Death hath disarm'd the bear.

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