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Word: outbox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...boff him, Billy loses his head. When he loses his head, I got him." The fight odds were 13-to-5 in Louis' favor and never wavered when a millionaire Texas oilman bet $300,000 on Challenger Conn. The gamblers had seen Billy, the dancing master, outbox Joe for twelve rounds back in 1941, then fall from one murderous punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Last Week | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

...Dewey, dressed in sweater and grey flannels, played golf last week† to relax from the first round of his campaign, and studied ring technique to prepare for his next. The question he faced: should he try to outbox Franklin Roosevelt, or to out-slug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Rounds | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

...Young resumed the presidency of American Zinc Lead and Smelting Co. Assistant WPB Steel Director Joseph L. Block has returned to the executive vice-presidency of Inland Steel Co. Others are shifting uneasily behind their desks as they shuffle the piles of paper from the In-box to the Outbox. More & more U.S. businessmen feel that the U.S. is getting very close to the shift toward large-scale civilian production. And many a corporation had warned its lend-leased talent: come on back or stay away for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSITION: Exodus Before X-Day | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

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