"outwait" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outwaits [present, singular, third-person], outwaiting [participle, present], outwaited [participle, past], outwaited [past]
Etymology: out- + wait Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|wait}} out- + wait Head templates: {{en-verb}} outwait (third-person singular simple present outwaits, present participle outwaiting, simple past and past participle outwaited)
  1. To wait for something to end
    Sense id: en-outwait-en-verb-OSgs1nxR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 66 34
  2. To gain an advantage by simply waiting
    Sense id: en-outwait-en-verb-AdBEg3wg

Inflected forms

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