to outcoach
- verb
- /ˈaʊtˌkoʊtʃ/
- Popovich, in large part, was outcoached by his counterpart Rick Carlisle throughout much of this series.
- thoroughly outcoached
- get outcoached
Examples
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In the championship game, the young coach was determined to outcoach his more experienced competitor.
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We got absolutely outcoached in the second half in the biggest game of the year for us.
Blog text (28) -
The Tennessee guy can outcoach Leslie?
Blog text (14) -
Les Miles can recruit, but he and his staff get outcoached in almost every game.
Blog text (8) -
Who can outcoach me?
Fiction book (2000) -
He did it with a solid sense of humor and certainly outcoached other teams.
Blog text (24) -
They looked unprepared and outcoached at times.
Blog text (27) -
The Vikes outcoached and executed the 49ers.
Blog text (7) -
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.
Blog text (26) -
The new strategy helped the team outcoach their rivals, leading to a surprising victory.
Synonyms
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
To be much weaker than an opponent in a fight or competition
Do better than someone in skill or performance
To be much better than someone or something
To gain an advantage over someone by using clever or unexpected actions
To do better than someone or something and win
To beat someone by using better plans or moves, for example in battle
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
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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.