Outkicked vs Outlicked - What's the difference?
outkicked | outlicked |
(outkick)
To kick more than, or beyond, something or someone
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 22, Greg Bishop, Jets Begin Ryan Era With High Hopes, New York Times
, passage=He spoke with humor, saying that he outkicked his coverage in marrying his wife. }}
(outlick)
(dated) to perform better than.
* 1956 , Arnold Gessel, Youth: the years from ten to sixteen
*:Things liked in girls are "a good personality," "manners," or, "she's quite special for a girl. She's a tomboy and quite interesting. Good mind. Pretty. At some things she can outlick any boy in school— skiing, for instance.
to lick better than.
* December 7 2006 , Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivals [http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/newfound-species-of-exotic-bat-outlicks-all-rivals-63367.html]
As verbs the difference between outkicked and outlicked
is that outkicked is past tense of outkick while outlicked is past tense of outlick.outkicked
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Verb
(head)outkick
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Alternative forms
* out-kickVerb
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