"outnerve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outnerves [present, singular, third-person], outnerving [participle, present], outnerved [participle, past], outnerved [past]
Etymology: out- + nerve Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|nerve}} out- + nerve Head templates: {{en-verb}} outnerve (third-person singular simple present outnerves, present participle outnerving, simple past and past participle outnerved)
  1. (transitive) To show more nerve than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outnerve-en-verb-ZhmIGENI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out-

Inflected forms

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