win out


verb
  1. (intr, adverb) informal to succeed or prevail as if in a contest: sanity rarely wins out over prejudice

Words Nearby win out

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How to use win out in a sentence

  • We have a nice crop this year, however, more than the total yield up to this season, and perhaps from now on we may win out.

    Dwarf Fruit Trees | F. A. Waugh
  • A steady climb with unflagging zeal and singleness of purpose always win out.

  • "I betche he don't win out," Happy Jack insisted with characteristic gloom.

    The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
  • He had strength a-plenty, but it needed all of it, and more, to win out of the river's hungry clutch.

    Within the Law | Marvin Dana
  • To test me, because she is jealous of you; or to ensnare me because she wants to win out diplomatically—or both, it may be.

Other Idioms and Phrases with win out

win out

Succeed, prevail, as in She was sure she'd win out if she persisted. [Late 1800s]

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