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out- +‎ best

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outbest (third-person singular simple present outbests, present participle outbesting, simple past and past participle outbested)

  1. (transitive) To be better at something.
    • 2010, David Mittler, Legacy of Fire[1]:
      Always the competitor, he usually outbested me in everything we did, but Battle-Cry was his Achilles Heel.
    • 2013, Pat Simmons, Her Dress[2]:
      Before long, the brothers were outbesting each other, recanting their childhood antics until Drake relaxed.

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