outguard
verbEtymology From out + guard or out- + guard.
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To serve as an outguard at.
- The defense complex itself, not unlike that organized in and around Abu Ageila, consisted of several batallion strongpoints outguarded and flank protected by platoon, detachment, and company sized units.1962 May-June, Stuart A. Beckley, “"Operation Kadesh", Mobility Masterpiece”, in Armor, page 60:
- To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded.1992, S. L. A Marshall, The Fields of Bamboo:
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- Slanting in echelon NE, the three Jap perimeters outguarded four P Perimeters some distance south which had defeated the Aussie tank attack 12 Jan.1997, Dr. Hargis Westefield, Joe Murphy, “Infighting at Sanananda”, in 41st Infantry Division: Fighting Jungleers, page xxxix:
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To do a better job of guarding than.
- He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22:
- Whereas, the Bulls outgunned, outguarded and outplayed the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, June 12, to claim their fourth victory in the best-of seven series for the National Basketball Association title; […]1991, Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, Journal of the Senate, page 2421:
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- The Wildcats outplayed, outfought, outgarded and, greatest of all, outscored Waterloo.2008, Dick Burdette, The Waterloo Wonders, page 171: