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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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The spinoff is sad face-saving for a failed content-plus-distribution strategy, but there’s hope for an even greater realism potentially to win out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

But logic can’t win out — you don’t even remember how you got into this labyrinth to begin with.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

And with the pressure on, Nibloe failed to find the target with his final stones as Canada showed their class to claim their second win out of two.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

“Whether shorter-dated bonds or longer-dated bonds function better as a diversifier from this point would depend on which of these worries will win out over the medium term,” Morgan Stanley concludes.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 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

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