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- verb transitive To overcome in battle.
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Examples
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How privates took command of squads and continued to outbattle the enemy when officers were killed; how lone Americans or small groups of them captured squads of Huns or annihilated them, are common stories of heroism written into the official war records of the American
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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A winner at Uttoxeter in mid-July last year, he was added two more handicap chases since April and should still be hard to outbattle after his latest 8lb rise.
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There is no way we can match manure for skill so lets outbattle them.
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Since they couldn’t outbattle the Israelites, perhaps they could outwit them.
Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007
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Since they couldn’t outbattle the Israelites, perhaps they could outwit them.
Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007
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