Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surpass in military force.
- transitive verb To overwhelm or defeat.
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- verb transitive to be more heavily
armed than, to have morefirepower than
Etymologies
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Examples
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O'Malley said he did not start to feel better about the race until after his campaign had begun to "outgun" Ehrlich in the TV ad war and the two rivals finished their last debate last month.
Murky message, less money hurt Ehrlich John Wagner 2010
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O'Malley said he did not start to feel better about the race until after his campaign had begun to "outgun" Ehrlich in the TV ad war and the two rivals finished their last debate last month.
Murky message, less money hurt Ehrlich John Wagner 2010
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It is unhealthy and imbalanced when the Pentagon can outgun the National Security Council with its strategists, its intelligence capacity, its fleet of cars and jets, and its resources in what often looks like a competition between the White House and DoD.
Steve Clemons: Tom Donilon: The Last Best Hope to Help Obama Make Vital Strategic Leaps Steve Clemons 2010
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Airlines these days are more inclined to cancel flights at the hint of a major storm than to try and outgun Mother Nature.
What Did The Blizzard Of 2010 Teach Travelers? The Associated Press 2011
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It is unhealthy and imbalanced when the Pentagon can outgun the National Security Council with its strategists, its intelligence capacity, its fleet of cars and jets, and its resources in what often looks like a competition between the White House and DoD.
Steve Clemons: Tom Donilon: The Last Best Hope to Help Obama Make Vital Strategic Leaps Steve Clemons 2010
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Whatever the cause, we are developing a permanent Hispanic inner city dependent and crime ridden population, where your property rights are a joke unless you outgun them (you can probably out-shoot them, but there are lots of them), and even your right to life is subject to the whim of some gang banger.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » When Conservatives Turn Against Private Property and Private Contracts 2010
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Mr. Calderón also made an impassioned plea to the U.S. to cut down its drug consumption as well as sales of high-powered weapons that end up in Mexico and allow criminals here to outgun authorities.
Casino Deaths Stun Mexico Nicholas Casey 2011
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Embarking on a cross-country crime spree with Clyde's brother, Buck (Gene Hackman), and his wife, Blanche (Estelle Parsons), Clyde is hailed as a Depression-era hero, but the gang's days are numbered as they try to outrun and outgun the coppers.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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Is it just us, or did George Lopez totally outgun Conan O'Brien, guest-list-wise, for Conan's first week taking Lopez's timeslot on TBS?
George Lopez's guest list smacks down Conan's Lisa de Moraes 2010
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Embarking on a cross-country crime spree with Clyde's brother, Buck (Gene Hackman), and his wife, Blanche (Estelle Parsons), Clyde is hailed as a Depression-era hero, but the gang's days are numbered as they try to outrun and outgun the coppers.
John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010
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