Etymology
Origin of outwait
Example Sentences
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Officials hope this could begin to change the Russian leader's thinking, putting doubt in his mind that he can outwait the West.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023
People with resources can easily outwait people with none.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
While attempting to outwait her, a handsome landscaper becomes close to her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
We’d spent days trying to outwait the boy, in hopes he’d conclude that life trumps hair and summer camp trumps moping.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2012
He was a patient man; he could outwait the dawn.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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