out-argue

A form of outargue — To argue better than; to defeat in argument.

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Meanings

verbout-argue (third-person singular simple present out-argues, present participle out-arguing, simple past and past participle out-argued)

present singular third person out-argues · participle present out-arguing · participle past out-argued · past out-argued

  1. alternativeAlternative form of outargue.

    They may try to out-argue and out-evidence those who would dispossess them, but they need money to do so.

    2012, Deirdre McKay, Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village, page 18
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    You have to out-drink, out-boast, out-fight, out-argue the horde of people who float around the pub (The Royal George, Lorenzini's bistro, etc. for downtown Sydney; the Sydney University Union café for “uptown”).

    2009, Richard Warren Strong, The Legacy of Moondyne Joe, page 22

    Galileo was very good in debate: he could, his admirers believed and his opponents acknowledged, out-argue anyone.

    2010, David Wootton, Galileo: Watcher of the Skies
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APA

out-argue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-argue

MLA

“out-argue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-argue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out-argue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-argue.

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