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to outcoach

to outcoach

1 7.0
Lead and plan for a team better than the other team's leader
  • verb
  • /ˈaʊtˌkoʊtʃ/
translation icon : superar en entrenamiento
  • Popovich, in large part, was outcoached by his counterpart Rick Carlisle throughout much of this series.
  • thoroughly outcoached
  • get outcoached

Examples

  • In the championship game, the young coach was determined to outcoach his more experienced competitor.

  • We got absolutely outcoached in the second half in the biggest game of the year for us.

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  • The Tennessee guy can outcoach Leslie?

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  • Les Miles can recruit, but he and his staff get outcoached in almost every game.

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  • Who can outcoach me?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • He did it with a solid sense of humor and certainly outcoached other teams.

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  • They looked unprepared and outcoached at times.

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  • The Vikes outcoached and executed the 49ers.

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  • Jim Mora outcoached Lane Kiffin on Saturday, taking a less talented but more motivated group of players and upsetting USC in the Rose Bowl to win the Pac-12 South.

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  • The new strategy helped the team outcoach their rivals, leading to a surprising victory.

Synonyms

to outplay
vsto outcoach
14 4.2

Do better than and beat an opponent in a game

involves preparing others through instruction rather than performing the winning actions
to overmatch
vsto outcoach
10 7.1

To be much weaker than an opponent in a fight or competition

emphasizes improving others' performance through guidance rather than overwhelming strength
to outmatch
vsto outcoach
8 6.4

Do better than someone in skill or performance

centers on guiding others to outdo opponents rather than personal superiority
to outclass
vsto outcoach
8 4.6

To be much better than someone or something

focuses on enabling a team to win through leadership not only being superior
to outflank
vsto outcoach
4 7.0

To gain an advantage over someone by using clever or unexpected actions

focuses on leading and training others to perform better rather than trickery
to outcompete
vsto outcoach
2 6.1

To do better than someone or something and win

relies on guiding a team to achieve those results rather than personal effort
to outgeneral
vsto outcoach
9.9

To beat someone by using better plans or moves, for example in battle

is about improving a team via guidance and instruction rather than direct tactics
to outvie
vsto outcoach
  • Archaic
9.9

To try to be better than someone in a contest or task

is about leading and preparing others to win rather than personal ambition

How Effective

to outcoach
1 7.0
to coach
224 2.0

Surface Forms

outcoach infinitive
outcoached past
outcoached past participle
outcoaching present participle
outcoaches third person singular

Morphology

outcoach = coach (transparent) = out + coach

The prefix 'out-' clearly indicates doing something to a greater degree, making the meaning 'to coach better than'.

Etymology

Outcoach comes from the prefix out- meaning 'more than' or 'better than' and coach meaning 'trainer' or 'team leader'. So to outcoach someone is to train or lead a team 'better than' your opponent, which is why it means coaching more effectively in a game or competition.