Meanings
- not comparableOutmatched or defeated in terms of strength.
The idea that Kruger was reluctant to fight the British army, or that he had any idea that his burghers would be outstrengthed, may be dismissed.
1914, A. Wyatt Tilby, The English People Overseas2 more examples
Crenshaw was outweighed and outstrengthed; and Harleston quickly bore him to the floor, where a sharp blow on the fingers sent the automatic flying.
1916, John Reed Scott, The Cab of the Sleeping Horse, page 54[…] and then the panic and fear as her murderer grabs her around the throat and the struggles begin and then the moment when she first sees that her killer has her outstrengthed, out-maneuvered, and the futile grappling, the desperate, horrible panicked exertion and gasping for air, […]
2008, Steven Womack, Dirty Money
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of outstrength
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