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outsmart
[ out-smahrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to get the better of (someone); outwit.
outsmart
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verb
- informal.tr to get the better of; outwit
Idioms and Phrases
- outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:
This time he may have outsmarted himself.
Example Sentences
Written by Samy Burch, the film follows the travails of the desert denizen who is tired of being slammed with Acme products as he tries to outsmart the Roadrunner.
He puts his competitive spirit down to his grandmother "Gami", who was often with the family in this house and who taught him to outsmart the competition early on with games of cards.
Her father and Shadrack are furious and try to follow her, but she manages to outsmart them with the help of her brother.
Between fatigue, runny nose, body aches, scratchy throat, and the occasional fever, it’s only normal for people to try to outsmart one of the 200 viruses that can cause a cold.
The petrochemical industry has a long history of outsmarting regulation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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