What does outgun mean?
Outgun means (transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower..
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/ˌaʊtˈɡʌn/ · verb
(transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower..
Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you.
"Boarding is our only chance here. We are too heavily outgunned."
There is no sporting purpose on earth that should stop the United States Congress from banishing assault weapons that outgun police and cut down children.
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Outgun means (transitive) To defeat in terms of firepower..
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Two can play at destructive industrialism, and now we out-gun you. We are piling up munitions now faster than you.
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