Definitions
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- transitive verb To surpass in singing.
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- verb To
sing better ,longer orlouder than another
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hewlett-Packard's board convened on Wednesday to consider outsing chief executive officer Leo Apotheker, pictured.
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This was one of those Grammy moments when members of a demographically assembled group of famous people try to outsing each other while everyone who isn't singing stands around onstage awkwardly.
Grammys: The best, worst and most puzzling performances from last night's Grammys Allison Stewart 2011
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Their voices were massed together in one indiscriminate mix, ruining the only reason for the group sing-along: the chance for someone to outshine and outsing the others.
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I see the critical-versus-commercial tension as coming out of two different choirs trying to outsing each other in the same church, so to speak.
More Aesthetics Hal Duncan 2007
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The opener, "I'm Alive," is a dynamic, declarative track that shows TJ can still outsing any S.O.B. on the charts, and quite possibly the entire planet.
Tony Sachs: Tom Jones At 68: Still Doing His Thing And Singing His Song 2009
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You must outsing them this week or you're going home.
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However, I can see her fall to 3rd in R & B land if Alexandrea and Asia'h outsing her.
YesButNoButYes: Haterade's Idol Anal-ysis (Round of 20 Women) - 2/27/08 2008
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The Verdict - Probably the best performance of the night I don't expect Brooke to outsing him, and since some of the other top competitors faltered, he's in a prime position to grab a lot of new votes.
YesButNoButYes: Haterade's Idol Anal-ysis (Round of 8) - 4/8/08 2008
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Hillary, to wrest back the Democratic nomination for president from Barack Obama and Madonna, to prove that with her 26th album, Hard Candy, she can outsing and outsell her sexy younger pop star sisters like Gwen Stefani and Fergie.
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Jupiter was added to the originally female Capitoline Triad by outsing the Virgin form of the Goddess, Jeventas, leaving Juno and Minerva as Jupiter's two female partners.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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