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outman verb[ T, usually passive ] uk /ˌaʊtˈmæn/ us /ˌaʊtˈmæn/-nn- to have more people or better people than another group, team, army, etc.: Outmanned and outgunned, the three eventually surrendered to police. This is a team that has been outmanned almost every game this year. We were outgunned, outmanned and cut off from our extraction point. The protests deteriorated into clouds of tear gas unleashed by outmanned riot officers. The truth is the bad guys are outmanning the police department badly in the city. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Surpassing in quality or number catch catch (someone) up compare crown crush do something for an encoreidiom eclipse encore outcompete outdo outflank outgo outmuscle put/leave someone in the shadeidiom shade shame steal a march on someoneidiom steal someone's thunderidiom surpass tower |