outgross

verb

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out·gross | \ ˌau̇t-ˈgrōs

outgrossed; outgrossing; outgrosses

Definition of outgross

transitive verb

1 : to gross more than a highly anticipated movie that outgrossed all the rest in its first week

2 : to be more disgusting or gross than : to exceed in grossness But violence and decay can't make or break a [TV] series … With so much competition, the rush to outgross the grossest can't possibly last.— Tim Goodman

Examples of outgross in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Heck, the second-biggest global grosser at that moment was Will Smith’s Independence Day, while Smith’s Men in Black would outgross The Lost World domestically in the summer of 1997. — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 Levy remembers when Night at the Museum would outgross the likes of Superman Returns and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 Animal House’ would outgross ‘American Graffiti’ (the 1973 Universal movie that earned $55.8 million in domestic film rentals). — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 6 June 2018

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