outdig

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verb

To dig better or faster than another.

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Meanings

verboutdig (third-person singular simple present outdigs, present participle outdigging, simple past and past participle outdug)

present singular third person outdigs · participle present outdigging · participle past outdug · past outdug

  1. transitiveTo dig better or faster than another.

    A more American version exists in the legend of John Henry, the “steel-driving man” who dropped dead attempting to prove that he could outdig a machine.

    2019 September 27, Greg Jones, “Andrew Yang’s UBI: A Universally Bad Idea”, in The American Spectator

Origin

From out- + dig.

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APA

outdig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdig

MLA

“outdig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdig. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdig,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdig.

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