Outfriend

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To befriend or gain more friends than (another) transitive

    "I suggested that we must scale our values to match a world where millions can “friend,” “unfriend,” and “outfriend” each other with the click of a mouse and gain “followers” in 140 characters or less."

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"I suggested that we must scale our values to match a world where millions can “friend,” “unfriend,” and “outfriend” each other with the click of a mouse and gain “followers” in 140 characters or less."

Etymology

From out- + friend.

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