out-bullyv.
/ˌaʊtˈbʊli/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbʊli/ transitive. To get the better of by bullying; to outdo in bullying.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > drive to or force by bullying > get the better of by bullying
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully > get the better of by
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1708 Diss. Drunkenness 15 That he may not be out-bullied by the Oaths of Hackney-Coachmen.
a1764 C. Churchill Ghost in Poems (1933) I. iv. 207 Nor would to truth and justice bend, Unless out-bullied by his friend.
1829 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VII. xxxii. 246 I myself should have ventured to mount any horse in my father's stud, and could out-bully any groom in his stable.
1877 Harper's Mag. Jan. 276/2 They suffer for it by outfighting, outlying, outmanoeuvring, outbullying, and outwitting us whenever we encounter them.
1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 June a4/3 He is..a nonstop negotiator who can outflank and outflatter, outbluff and outbully all the other players in the room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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