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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
outfly .
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Examples
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One of Tom Donald's new "field pouters" outflies a good trained Peregrine-- really!
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Just as the lark cannot withstand or protect itself against the hawk which outflies it and attacks it from above, so he in his helplessness and shame, must invoke him and sue for mercy.
Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914
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It is swifter than lightning, faster than electricity and outflies its volts that dance, as it were, on ethereal vibrations.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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The strength that sounds the wells, outflies the lark:
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Anna's hummingbird outflies falcons and fighter pilots: Not Exactly Rocket Science Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
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Anna's hummingbird outflies falcons and fighter pilots: Not Exactly Rocket Science Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Planet Atheism 2009
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Anna's hummingbird outflies falcons and fighter pilots: Not Exactly Rocket Science Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Pharyngula 2009
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Anna's hummingbird outflies falcons and fighter pilots: Not Exactly Rocket Science Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Pharyngula 2009
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