Outfish
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To catch bigger (or more) fish than. transitive
"My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we’ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose."
Example
More examples"My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we’ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose."
Etymology
From out- + fish.
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