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outfought

vb. (en-past of: outfight)

WordNet
outfight
  1. v. to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

  2. [also: outfought]

outfought

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Usage examples of "outfought".

His Zeroes wrought such havoc among the defending Swordfish, Hurricanes, and Spitfires that Winston Churchill in his memoirs confesses the Royal Air Force was never so outfought over Europe.

At the Battle of the Skagerrak, in 1916, our High Seas Fleet outfought the British navy in a classic action.

In December, British destroyers escorting another convoy outfought a German task force, including a pocket battleship and a heavy cruiser.

We watched while a young woman, wear-* ing only singlet, shorts, and an electronic gizmo strapped to the back of her neck and wired to her datajack, out-maneuvered, outfought, and comprehensively kicked the drek out of four security drones.

Outnumbered and outfought, they cracked and turned and ran, some throwing away their weapons to show they were no longer a part of the war, and as quickly as that the battle was over.