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outarm, v.|aʊtˈɑːm|
[out- 18 a.]
trans. To exceed in possession or acquisition of weapons of war. Also refl., to provide (oneself) with more arms than a competitor.
1930H. Belloc in G. K.'s Weekly 25 Jan. 309/1 Those [governments] who have the less money seek for a pledge from those who have the more not to outbuild them and not to outarm themselves against their power competitors. 1950N.Y. Times 31 Dec. 22/1 We shall not only out-arm our foes but ‘out-sacrifice’ them. 1955V. Cronin Wise Man from West xiii. 243 Outnumbered and outarmed, he had recourse to a trick. 1966Listener 8 Sept. 355/3 A country..which is accustomed to ..out-arming everybody. |