outswear

American  

[out-swair] / ˌaʊtˈswɛər /

verb (used with object)

outswore, outsware, outsworn, outswearing

1. to outdo in swearing.

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Etymology

Origin of outswear

First recorded in 1580–90; out- + swear

Example Sentences

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outswear outsworn

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

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2015

I will outswear you, my lady; and I shall be believed. 

From A Group of Noble Dames by Hardy, Thomas

She would outswear the young lad and then tease him because he could not find words to equal hers.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

We shall have old swearing That they did give the rings away to men; But we'll outface them, and outswear them too.

From The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, William

There are golden hearts in gutters, though their owners lack the fat, And we'll back a teamster's offspring to outswear a city brat.

From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry

He felt sure that the Boy in his present mood would have outsworn him without scruple had it pleased him to maintain his assertion, so he opened his piano in silence, and the music began.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

Finding, to his infinite disgust, his visitor as great a blackguard as himself, and not to be outsworn, Robarts ordered him to quit the ship on pain of being man-handled over the side.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles