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outfox

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out⋅fox

  [out-foks]
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–verb (used with object)
to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver: Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.
Origin:
1960–65; out- + fox
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out·fox   (out-fŏks')   
tr.v.   out·foxed, out·fox·ing, out·fox·es
To surpass (another) in cleverness or cunning; outsmart.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

outfox 
"to outwit," 1962, from out + fox (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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