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outstrength en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌaʊ̯tˈstɹɛŋ(k)θ/

Etymology

From out- + strength.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To defeat in terms of strength.
   • 'Never try to outstrength a man's arm with your own,' Edith said knowingly. 'Rarely will you find a man weaker than yourself. However, no arm muscle in the world has the strength of these.' 2020, Iszi Lawrence, The Unstoppable Letty Pegg, page 92:
   • As the child ages, what will happen when he is no longer able to outstrength other kids and, for the first time, must rely on mental toughness and his resiliency and ability to overcome adversity? 2024, Ryan Smith, Building a War Chest: Tools for Effective Leadership:
   • Ten thousand people was a lot of people, and that was how many cops it had taken to outstrength Sean Mckeithen. 2014, Sean McKeithen, REDUX, page 168:
   • […] and then the panic and fear as her murderer grabs her around the throat and the struggles begin and then the moment when she first sees that her killer has her outstrengthed, out-maneuvered, and the futile grappling, the desperate, horrible panicked exertion and gasping for air, […] 2008, Steven Womack, Dirty Money:
   • For the future the lessons are: we should make our plans independent of aid-at-pleasure; and we should plan, even at some expense of economic progress, for military development sufficient to outstrength neighbouring countries. 1962, Economic Affairs, volume 7, page 286:

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