out|sing

out|sing
out|sing «owt SIHNG», verb, -sang or -sung, -sung, -sing|ing.
–v.t.
1. to surpass or excel in singing; sing better than: »

Each appeared to be trying to outsing the other (The Athenaeum).

2. to sing louder than: »

She would sing over the washing tub…outsinging Martha's scolding (Mary Russell Mitford).

–v.i.
to sing out: »

When once more…The meadow-lark outsang (John Greenleaf Whittier).


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