outfish

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English

Etymology

out- +‎ fish

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than.
    • 2009 June 28, Salvatore Scibona, “Think Like a Fish”, in New York Times[1]:
      My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we’ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose.

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