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out⋅smart
[out-smahrt] 
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 1. | to get the better of (someone); outwit. |
| 2. | 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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| out·smart (out-smärt') tr.v. out·smart·ed, out·smart·ing, out·smarts To gain the advantage over by cunning; outwit. |
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outsmart
"to prove too clever for," 1926, from out + smart.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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