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win out

British  

verb

  1. informal (intr, adverb) to succeed or prevail as if in a contest

    sanity rarely wins out over prejudice
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
win out Idioms  

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

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“It’s really difficult to win out here. I feel like, when I’m close, it can be almost even more frustrating.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

I just thought that the desire to be framed as the reasonable one would win out.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

"The actions and insistence on change will continue and will win out in the end."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

At this point, all we can hope is that his inherent cowardice will win out over his monstrous ego one more time.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

I couldn’t hang around any longer to see what would win out, though, because I had something else to do.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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