win out

English

Verb

win out (third-person singular simple present wins out, present participle winning out, simple past and past participle won out)

1. To be victorious. Usually of emotions and human qualities.

   Love always wins out over hate.

   You can be sure that justice will win out in the end.

Usage notes

• The particle and verb are not normally separable.
• Often with over. See example 1. above.

Translations

be victorious

• Dutch: zegevieren (nl)
• Spanish: imponerse (es)
• Swedish: segra (sv)

Anagrams

• outwin