Outgun

//ˌaʊtˈɡʌn// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To defeat in terms of firepower. transitive

    "Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you."

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"Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you."

Etymology

From out- + gun.

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