Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To surpass in bragging or bravado; outbrave.
- To surpass in beauty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
surpass inbragging .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
out- + brag
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Examples
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In particular did Petrushka make friends with Grigory the butler, although at first the pair showed a tendency to outbrag one another — Petrushka beginning by throwing dust in
Dead Souls 1842
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Not easy, foreseer, believe you me 'tis not, when you could outbrag the crew of 'em save 'tis a Naval secret. "
Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966
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