Usually means: Endure longer than someone else.
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  1. outwait: Merriam-Webster
  2. outwait: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. outwait: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. outwait: Collins English Dictionary
  5. outwait: Wordnik
  6. outwait: Wiktionary
  7. outwait: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. outwait: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. outwait: Dictionary.com
  10. outwait: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outwait)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To wait for something to end.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To gain an advantage by simply waiting.

Similar:
wait for, wait one's turn, count down, play for time, thwarten, temporize, hold tight, stand by, anticipate, wait and see, more...

Types:
patience, more...

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Similar:
wait for, wait one's turn, count down, play for time, thwarten, temporize, hold tight, stand by, anticipate, wait and see, more...

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patience, more...



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