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outhandle

American

[out-han-duhl] / ˌaʊtˈhæn dəl /

verb (used with object)

outhandled, outhandling

to handle or operate in a superior way to.

That car outhandles all others in its class.

Etymology

Origin of outhandle

out- + handle

Example Sentences

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Quesada pushed the pumphandle that should lower the retractable landing gear, found to his horror that it would not budge; the wheels remained uselessly folded into the thick low wing.

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