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outtalk en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + talk.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
    • McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond. 2009 May 10, Adam Nagourney, “Governor Clintonism?”, in New York Times:
  2. (transitive) To outwit by talking.

Forms

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outtalking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outtalked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outtalked Tense=Past lexicographic
outtalks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
out-talk alternative lexicographic