outwin

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verb

To win a way out (of); to escape (from).

OriginMiddle English outwinnen →
First used 15th–17th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

verboutwin (third-person singular simple present outwins, present participle outwinning, simple past and past participle outwon)

present singular third person outwins · participle present outwinning · participle past outwon · past outwon

  1. obsoleteTo win a way out (of); to escape (from).First known use 15th–17th c.

    It is a darksome delve farre under ground, / With thornes and barren brakes environd round, / That none the same may easily out-win […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutwinnen
  2. Englishoutwin

From Middle English outwinnen, equivalent to out- + win.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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