outhustle

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ hustle.

Verb

outhustle (third-person singular simple present outhustles, present participle outhustling, simple past and past participle outhustled)

(US) To do a better job of hustling than
- 2007 March 4, Bill Finley, “Whistle Signals Early End for Jaspers”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  The season is over for Manhattan, not because the Jaspers were outplayed or outhustled but, perhaps, because of a single call.
- 2024 December 29, Laurie Woodward Garcia, “Stop Blaming and Start Building a Better Tomorrow”, in People Power United:
  They lost because they were outhustled and failed to persuade enough Americans to support their vision for the country.