outbleed
verbEtymology From out- + bleed.
1
To bleed more than; to lose more blood than.
- And there is enough gore to outbleed “Ben-Hur.”1963, Show: The Magazine of the Performing Arts - Volume 3, Part 2, page 28:
- But my heart is bigger than your heart, And I will outbleed you.1987, Douglas A. McIntyre, Karen S. Hull, The Harvard advocate anniversary anthology, page 319:
2 more examples
- Though one autumn morning poppies may suddenly flare out in full bloom, their skirts outrageously seeming to outbleed a maimed human being1989, Books - Volumes 3-4, page 52:
- Now he realizes that he has more blood than she does, and can probably outbleed her, but he's about to faint even, before cutting himself, and he decides to forfeit, and she wins. Never get into a bleeding contest with a suicidal girl!2014, Piers Anthony, Letters to Jenny:
2
Figuratively To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries.
- The conflict in Europe must inevitably show that the standard of justice is not established by the power of one nation to outbleed another.1915, Fordham College Monthly - Volume 34, page 21:
- Warren had tried to act rationally and humanely under a general whose main strategy was to bludgeon his opponent to death, to outbleed him.2019, S. C. Gwynne, Hymns of the Republic, page 60: