outhustle

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verb

To do a better job of hustling than

OriginEnglish hustle ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt- →
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Meanings

verbouthustle (third-person singular simple present outhustles, present participle outhustling, simple past and past participle outhustled)

present singular third person outhustles · participle present outhustling · participle past outhustled · past outhustled

  1. USTo do a better job of hustling than

    They lost because they were outhustled and failed to persuade enough Americans to support their vision for the country.

    2024 December 29, Laurie Woodward Garcia, “Stop Blaming and Start Building a Better Tomorrow”, in People Power United
    1 more example

    The season is over for Manhattan, not because the Jaspers were outplayed or outhustled but, perhaps, because of a single call.

    2007 March 4, Bill Finley, “Whistle Signals Early End for Jaspers”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishhustle
  8. Englishouthustle

From out- + hustle.

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APA

outhustle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhustle

MLA

“outhustle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhustle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outhustle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhustle.

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