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out⋅smart

  [out-smahrt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to get the better of (someone); outwit.
—Idiom
2. outsmart oneself, to defeat oneself unintentionally by overly elaborate intrigue, scheming, or the like: This time he may have outsmarted himself.
Origin:
1925–30; out- + smart (adj.)
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out·smart   (out-smärt')   
tr.v.   out·smart·ed, out·smart·ing, out·smarts
To gain the advantage over by cunning; outwit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

outsmart 
"to prove too clever for," 1926, from out + smart.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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