outfight


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outfight

(ˌaʊtˈfaɪt)
vb, -fights, -fighting or -fought
to surpass in fightingto conquerto escape by means of fighting
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outfight


Past participle: outfought
Gerund: outfighting

Imperative
outfight
outfight
Present
I outfight
you outfight
he/she/it outfights
we outfight
you outfight
they outfight
Preterite
I outfought
you outfought
he/she/it outfought
we outfought
you outfought
they outfought
Present Continuous
I am outfighting
you are outfighting
he/she/it is outfighting
we are outfighting
you are outfighting
they are outfighting
Present Perfect
I have outfought
you have outfought
he/she/it has outfought
we have outfought
you have outfought
they have outfought
Past Continuous
I was outfighting
you were outfighting
he/she/it was outfighting
we were outfighting
you were outfighting
they were outfighting
Past Perfect
I had outfought
you had outfought
he/she/it had outfought
we had outfought
you had outfought
they had outfought
Future
I will outfight
you will outfight
he/she/it will outfight
we will outfight
you will outfight
they will outfight
Future Perfect
I will have outfought
you will have outfought
he/she/it will have outfought
we will have outfought
you will have outfought
they will have outfought
Future Continuous
I will be outfighting
you will be outfighting
he/she/it will be outfighting
we will be outfighting
you will be outfighting
they will be outfighting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been outfighting
you have been outfighting
he/she/it has been outfighting
we have been outfighting
you have been outfighting
they have been outfighting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been outfighting
you will have been outfighting
he/she/it will have been outfighting
we will have been outfighting
you will have been outfighting
they will have been outfighting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been outfighting
you had been outfighting
he/she/it had been outfighting
we had been outfighting
you had been outfighting
they had been outfighting
Conditional
I would outfight
you would outfight
he/she/it would outfight
we would outfight
you would outfight
they would outfight
Past Conditional
I would have outfought
you would have outfought
he/she/it would have outfought
we would have outfought
you would have outfought
they would have outfought
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"
beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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Through extensive research Davis (history, Virginia Technical U.) sets the record straight on the exploits of the Lafitte brothers, and how they made Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean quite a lively place from about 1803 to about 1823 with very public sales and auctions of plunder, technologies that created ships that could outrun and outfight the bloated boats of the official fleets, and the development of Barataria and Galveston.
Chelsea's 4-1 win at Anfield proved comprehensively that when they're fired up you can't outplay Jose Mourinho's side, you can't outfight them and you definitely can't out-psyche them.
'As far as attitude and commitment goes, this group is the best and there's not many teams likely to outfight us.