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outfox

[ out-foks ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver:

    Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.



outfox

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verb

  1. tr to surpass in guile or cunning
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Origin of outfox1

First recorded in 1960–65; out- + fox
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The Wallabies’ deft offloading, like the All Blacks seven days earlier, outfoxed England out wide as men were missed and passing channels left open.

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She is outfoxed by a swinging delivery outside off that drifts away and catches the outside edge - but a diving wicketkeeper Muneeba Ali puts it down one-handed.

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But at the other end of the spectrum are "the strategies of resistance that teens deploy to outfox their parents", she points out.

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No one has to suppress a shudder of fear when he enters the room or worry that this guy is going to somehow outfox them.

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China has also added more road- and rail-mobile missile launchers to try to outfox American satellites and other detection technology.

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