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Etymology

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From out- +‎ debate.

Verb

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outdebate (third-person singular simple present outdebates, present participle outdebating, simple past and past participle outdebated)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in debating.
    • 2024 March 12, Robert B. Charles, “Trump-Biden Debates?”, in Association of Mature American Citizens[1]:
      So, Trump could pull a Sun-Tzu move, and point this out, then say he wants to give Biden a chance to get himself back above water, a chance to outdebate him.