How to Use outgun in a Sentence

outgun

verb
Definition of outgunnext
Synonyms for outgunnext
  • But this time Goff gets himself on track just enough to outgun a sputtering Bears offense.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • This is Cupertino’s attempt to prove a tablet can replace and outgun your laptop.
    — David Pierce, WIRED, 11 Nov. 2015
  • If sellers outgun buyers, prices will continue to fall.
    — The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • This resulted in Labour and the Conservatives attempting to outgun each other with tough legislation and spending pledges.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • The new vehicle is built with a more capable, larger chassis, designed as an initial step toward building a next-generation cannon able to outgun existing Russian weapons.
    — Kris Osborn, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • To win favor with Beijing, local officials have tried to outgun one another with newfangled latrines, many equipped with flat-screen televisions, Wi-Fi and facial-recognition toilet paper dispensers.
    — Sui-Lee Wee, The Seattle Times, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The Russians are expected to continue to outgun the Ukrainian military, launching tens of thousands of rounds of artillery each day in addition to salvos of missiles and other munitions, according to Western intelligence assessments.
    — Dan Lamothe and Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Despite the threat, an unprompted direct attack is extremely unlikely because the United States vastly outguns Pyongyang, which values the continuation of its dictatorship above all else.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Seattle Times, 22 Aug. 2017

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