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outplayout‧play /aʊtˈpleɪ/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoutplay |
Present | I, you, we, they | outplay | | he, she, it | outplays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outplayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outplayed | | he, she, it | has outplayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outplayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outplay | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outplayed |
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Present | I | am outplaying | | he, she, it | is outplaying | | you, we, they | are outplaying | Past | I, he, she, it | was outplaying | | you, we, they | were outplaying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outplaying | | he, she, it | has been outplaying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outplaying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outplaying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outplaying |
- Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points.
- But she can only be herself and hope to outplay her doubts.
- Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale.
to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc► crush/slaughter/massacre/annihilate informal to completely beat someone in a game, competition, election etc: · Wow, the Raiders just slaughtered the Seahawks again.· The party strategy was to form an alliance to crush the communists. ► clobber/hammer informal also cream American spoken to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc: · We've been clobbered twice now by Central High's basketball team.· Chicago hammered Boston in an away game on Saturday.· "How'd the game go?" "We creamed 'em!" ► rout especially British to beat an opposing team or political party easily and completely: · The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team. ► wipe the floor with somebody informal to defeat someone completely in an argument or competition: · I'd think twice before I started a fight with him - he'd wipe the floor with me! ► outplay to play much better than an opponent or team in a game and beat them easily: · Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points. nounplayinterplayreplayplayerplayfulnessverbplayoutplayreplayadjectiveplayfulplayableadverbplayfully to beat an opponent in a game by playing with more skill than they do |