"outfish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outfishes [present, singular, third-person], outfishing [participle, present], outfished [participle, past], outfished [past]
Etymology: out- + fish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|fish}} out- + fish Head templates: {{en-verb}} outfish (third-person singular simple present outfishes, present participle outfishing, simple past and past participle outfished)
  1. (transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outfish-en-verb-j1aybW7Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than."
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