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outbloom

verb

Definition of outbloom

transitive verb

: to exceed in bloom outbloomed all other flowers in the garden

intransitive verb

[ 1out + bloom ]

1 : to come into bloom outbloomed in glories manifold— Clinton Scollard
2 : to have finished blooming her azaleas which were famous but all outbloomed by the time we got there— Catherine Hutter

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