outgun
pronunciation
How to pronounce outgun in British English:
UK [ˌaʊtˈgʌn]
How to pronounce outgun in American English:
US [ˌaʊt'ɡʌn]
Word Origin
- outgun (v.)
- 1690s, from out (adv.) + gun. Related: Outgunned; outgunning.
Example
- 1. No single hedge fund , after all , can hope to outgun the central bank .
- 2. Nato aircraft are continuing their patrols but are less needed , since the rebels now far outgun colonel qaddafi 's forces .
- 3. In yemen tribal loyalties far outgun , often literally , those who seek to build democracy and civil institutions .
- 4. Theory predicts that you 'd have to go out hundreds of millions of light-years , where matter is spread randomly rather than finely structured , before the overall expansion should outgun localized motions .
- 5. " We won 't secure enough to outgun the regime 's forces , but we can increase the cost for them , " says fawaz tello , one of the group 's founding members .