outfights

verb

present tense third-person singular of outfight
as in knocks over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfights
  1. knocks over
  2. eclipses
  3. transcends
  4. knocks off
  5. tops
  6. exceeds
  7. overtops
  8. surpasses
Verb
  • In addition to the characters, the set features two love notes and a flowerpot, which Derpy Tiger notoriously knocks over.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of knocks over
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  • Flora has collected contributions from unions, corporations including Walmart, Chevron and Uber, and major trade organizations and vastly eclipses the financial contributions that his challenger has received.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The find eclipses the previous record holder — a roughly 14-pound Terslev hoard — and weighs nearly three times as much.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of eclipses
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  • What starts as a brief encounter blossoms into a romance that transcends national borders.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Live sports remain one of the few areas of American life with genuine mass appeal that transcends politics, race and class.
    — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of transcends
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  • The sale will knocks off up to thirty percent off usual prices and will run through July 20th.
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 14 July 2026
  • All of the Jays’ run-scoring knocks off Weathers also came on two-strike counts.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Definition of knocks off
Verb
  • Howland Capital Management, based in Boston, tops year's CNBC Financial Advisor 100 list.
    — , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Walker’s 279 yards after contact tops the NFL and would stand 13th in rushing yards alone.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of tops
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  • Across America, the average net worth of owners greatly exceeds the net worth of renters.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In-store shopping generally exceeds online in every state except Maryland and New York, where online is the narrow leader.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of exceeds
Verb
  • No stepping off the sidewalk into a puddle of slush that overtops your work shoes, soaking your socks for the rest of the day.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • On rainy and high tide days, the track and baseball field nearby can get submerged in ankle deep water as the river overtops the old seawall.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of overtops
Verb
  • The Apex also surpasses the Alphafly 4 in weight savings, as the former model is 10 percent lighter than the Alphafly 3 compared to a 5 percent reduction on the latter.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In recent years, Hinton, who previously worked at Google, has issued a series of warnings about existential risks associated with AI, particularly if an AI model surpasses human intelligence and becomes autonomous.
    — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of surpasses
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