outfight
verb
out·fight
ˌau̇t-ˈfīt 
outfought
ˌau̇t-ˈfȯt
; outfighting
; outfighting
: to outdo or surpass in fighting or competing : to fight or compete harder or more skillfully than
The southpaw went down from a counter left hook to the chin in the fifth … but appeared to outhustle and outfight Bujaj most of the way.—
Bob Velin
Bob Velin… Minnesota's pedestrian DBs [=defensive backs] could not outfight Penn State's big receivers.—David Jones
David JonesExamples of outfight in a Sentence
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Essex outfought Barbosa in a fight that had several exciting moments and a referee who was unmistakably bad at his job.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Outfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outfight. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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