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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of outman.

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Examples

  • I'm particularly pleased to have "outmanned" Drive by Blogger (78%) and Pawpaw (75%), and, somehow, Jesus 'General (73%).

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • I'm particularly pleased to have "outmanned" Drive by Blogger (78%) and Pawpaw (75%), and, somehow, Jesus 'General (73%).

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Paterno, meanwhile, essentially surrendered to Alabama, saying Penn State would be "outmanned" and in need of a "miracle" to win.

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • Paterno, meanwhile, essentially surrendered to Alabama, saying Penn State would be "outmanned" and in need of a "miracle" to win.

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • -- Drake is outmanned by his audience's sheer love for him.

    Read this: CNN launches Spitzer gabfest; David Sedaris: humorist, squirrel-scraper; Drake lovefest at DAR The Reliable Source 2010

  • There would be little help initially from the police—outmanned, taken by surprise, uncertain of what they were allowed to do and not do in this situation.

    Mob Violence and the 'Looting Bankers' Defense Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

  • For most of that time, the Soviets had NATO outmanned and outgunned with conventional forces and so most war games envisioned some kind of Warsaw Pact breakthrough that would lead its forces to overrun the rest of Europe all the way to the English Channel.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • CAIRO—As Egyptian political parties marshal their forces for parliamentary elections next month, the country's secularists have found themselves outmanned by Islamists whose political machines have been poised at the ready for generations.

    Parties in Egypt Seek New Weapon Matt Bradley 2011

  • For most of that time, the Soviets had NATO outmanned and outgunned with conventional forces and so most war games envisioned some kind of Warsaw Pact breakthrough that would lead its forces to overrun the rest of Europe all the way to the English Channel.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • But they were snuffed out in less than four hours Saturday, UConn beaten at its own smash-mouth game by Michigan State and 'Nova simply outmanned by Carolina.

    Safe bets shared stage with surprises during college hoops season 2009

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