"outmuscle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outmuscles [present, singular, third-person], outmuscling [participle, present], outmuscled [participle, past], outmuscled [past]
Etymology: out- + muscle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|muscle}} out- + muscle Head templates: {{en-verb}} outmuscle (third-person singular simple present outmuscles, present participle outmuscling, simple past and past participle outmuscled)
  1. (transitive) To surpass in a contest involving strength. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outmuscle-en-verb-alFqT-kd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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