"outdress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outdresses [present, singular, third-person], outdressing [participle, present], outdressed [participle, past], outdressed [past]
Etymology: out- + dress Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|dress}} out- + dress Head templates: {{en-verb}} outdress (third-person singular simple present outdresses, present participle outdressing, simple past and past participle outdressed)
  1. (transitive) To dress better than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outdress-en-verb-LIGxJu25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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