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Word: outwait (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Rush Hour. In San Francisco, Gunman Jack M. Love, 29, complained to police that before he was able to rob the Carmel Liquors Store of $64, he not only had to wait for the customers to leave, but also to outwait a rival who was hanging around for the same purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 4, 1955 | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

...modern baseball fan has good reason to change the words of the old song to "I don't know if I'll ever get back." In growing bigger, big-league baseball has also grown painfully slower as pitchers outwait batters, batters outwait pitchers, managers perform for TV, and umpires examine the ball, the plate and the terrain for dangerous specks of dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Dawdlers | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

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