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out⋅stand

[out-stand] verb, -stood, -stand⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to be prominent.
–verb (used with object)
2. to stay or remain beyond: to outstand the hour.

Origin:
1565–75; out- + stand
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out·stand   (out-stānd')   
intr.v.   out·stood (-stŏŏd'), out·stand·ing, out·stands
To stand out plainly.
out·stood   (out-stŏŏd')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of outstand.
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