outwrestlev.
/ˌaʊtˈrɛsl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈrɛs(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape by struggling
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1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C c iij Loke how the tempest storm, whan winds outwrastling blowes at south.
2. transitive. To defeat in wrestling; to wrestle better than; to grapple or strive successfully with.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle with [verb (transitive)] > overcome in wrestling
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1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Dk. Somerset sig. Aa.ii Where other vnlyke in workyng or skyll, Outwrestle the world, and wyeld it at wyll.
1624 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 248 We wrestle with Him..as if we would out-wrestle Jacob for a blessing.
1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 99 If they [sc. bees] out-wrastle all these difficulties, yet they will scarce swarm that year.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 198 The serpent has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle the athlete and crush the tiger.
a1869 C. H. Platt Sermons (1872) 385 To overpower and outwrestle the efforts of a holy wisdom.
1978 C. P. Snow Realists v. 147 In middle-age he could outwrestle the toughest of Asian tribesmen.
1993 Sports Illustr. 31 May 28/1 Cartwright..didn't have a field goal, as Ewing repeatedly outwrestled him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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