he was outgunned
he was overpowered, defeated
TRANSLATION
outgun = jemanden besiegen, schlagen oder übertreffen --- GOOGLE INDEX outgunned: approximately 500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Although the first quarter of this year didn't see a rampant hybrid or small vehicle buying frenzy ̶ trucks still OUTGUN hybrids 23-to-1 after all ̶ the small car market is trending upwards.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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Arsenal still getting OUTGUNNED
(BBC - Sports News Headline)
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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Arsenal still getting OUTGUNNED
(BBC - Sports News Headline)
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outgun
verb
- to beat a person or team by using greater skill
- to win a war or fight by having more weapons than the other side
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Outgunned stems from the idea of a military that has more and/or better weapons (guns) than its enemy, thus giving it an advantage that leads to victory. Gun is used in several other expressions:
- a hired gun = a professional killer (Hired guns attempted to kill the head of the local Mafia.)
- to gun for = to go after something seriously (Bob is gunning for a promotion to sales manager.)
- to go great guns = to proceed or perform with great speed, skill, or success (The company went great guns in the second quarter, increasing revenues by 20 percent.)
- hold a gun to someone's head = to put pressure on someone (You'll have to put a gun to his head before he will do anything.)
- under the gun = to be under pressure or great threat (The team was under the gun to complete the project by Friday.)
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SYNONYMS
blow out of water, bulldoze, bury, cream, defeat, outmanoeuvre, out-rival, outshine, surpass, top, trash
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"They were outgunned in the bidding contest and lost the contract."
verb
- to beat a person or team by using greater skill
- to win a war or fight by having more weapons than the other side
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Outgunned stems from the idea of a military that has more and/or better weapons (guns) than its enemy, thus giving it an advantage that leads to victory. Gun is used in several other expressions:
- a hired gun = a professional killer (Hired guns attempted to kill the head of the local Mafia.)
- to gun for = to go after something seriously (Bob is gunning for a promotion to sales manager.)
- to go great guns = to proceed or perform with great speed, skill, or success (The company went great guns in the second quarter, increasing revenues by 20 percent.)
- hold a gun to someone's head = to put pressure on someone (You'll have to put a gun to his head before he will do anything.)
- under the gun = to be under pressure or great threat (The team was under the gun to complete the project by Friday.)
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SYNONYMS
blow out of water, bulldoze, bury, cream, defeat, outmanoeuvre, out-rival, outshine, surpass, top, trash
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"They were outgunned in the bidding contest and lost the contract."
