Definition of "outwait" [outwait]

• To delay until the end of; wait out: had to outwait the traffic jam. (verb-transitive)
• To get the better of or overcome by refraining from action: sat back and decided to outwait my opponent. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He says the Taliban, who are indigenous to Afghanistan, are in a good position to come out on top because it can outwait “the enemy.”"
• "In other words, either trying to outwait the revolutionaries or imposing the Tiananmen solution risked the downfall of the economic empires of Egypt’s ruling groups."
• ""He has billions of dollars that he can use for a while; he can outwait the rebels," said Lisa Anderson, a Cairo-based Libya expert."