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outsmart

[ out-smahrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to get the better of (someone); outwit.


outsmart

/ ˌaʊtˈsmɑːt /

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to get the better of; outwit


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Word History and Origins

Origin of outsmart1

1925–30; out- + smart (adj.)

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like:

    This time he may have outsmarted himself.

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Example Sentences

With no weapons onboard, the crew is forced to outsmart the pirates.

This is where you can outsmart the regime with cunning patience.

He tried to outsmart the instructors by resting the back of his head on a buoy in the pool.

But like millions of others, I went through phases when I was cocksure I could outsmart the market.

With his self-centered juvenile mind, he never thought anyone would try to outsmart him and succeed.

Just stay alive and you can outsmart these savages, he repeated ironically to himself.

A half-crazy kid and yours truly trying to outsmart and out-Tarzan these wild men.

Don't try to outsmart your interrogator by giving false information.

It's cat and mouse, who can outsmart whom, hunter versus hunted fun.

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