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OUTSAIL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they outsail ... he / she / it outsails
Past simple: outsailed
Past participle: outsailed
-ing form: outsailing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sail faster or better than
Example:
They outsailed the Roman fleet
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "outsail" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot outsail Sue
