outcampaign

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ campaign

Verb[edit]

outcampaign (third-person singular simple present outcampaigns, present participle outcampaigning, simple past and past participle outcampaigned)

  1. (transitive) To campaign better than (as for a political position).
    • 2007 July 15, Michael Cooper, “With a Leaner Campaign, McCain to Focus on 3 States”, in New York Times[1]:
      “But I can outcampaign these guys, and I will, and I can, and we’re going to be doing just fine both here and Iowa and in South Carolina, and I have every confidence.”