to outwit
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4.7
- verb
- /aʊtˈwɪt/
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- In folklore, the rabbit is known to use cunning and trickery to outwit his enemies.
- manipulate or outwit
- try to outwit
And so I knowing that I can make friends with it, I can bring it on to my side, I can figure out how to outwit it or trick it.
- And so I knowing that I can make friends with it, I can bring it on to my side, I can figure out how to outwit it or trick it.
- And there was the other group of people who, David Ava smacked him in the mouth, humiliated them in some situation because he'd outwitted them.
- It's simply sufficient for us to outwit ourselves.
- No healthy human being is strong enough to outwit betrayal.
- So I'm going to cross reference everything that Napoleon Hill put in outwitting the devil with ChatGPT.
- And that as we were hiding in the rocks of the mountains, that if we could survive on very little, then we would be able to outwit the.
Examples
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She used her quick thinking to outwit her opponents during the game of chess.
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Garfunkel, the renegade, took joy in finding small ways to outwit his teachers.
Academic text (2003) -
How shall I outwit you this time?
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Now, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to outwit British Intelligence.
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- There are ways to outwit a cheat.
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The humble bunny can outwit all of his enemies.
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You thought you could outwit me, didn't you?
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In this way, it can move unseen among its enemies, learn their plans and be in a position to outwit them.
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But it'll be fun trying to outwit you, especially knowing how your devious mind works.
Fiction book (2000) -
"The Rabbit's Judgment," retold by Suzanne Crowder Hart, tells how a clever rabbit outwits a tiger and saves a man's life.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.4
To defeat another person or team in a contest
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4.1
To get an advantage over someone by being clever
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7.7
To avoid a rule or problem by using clever tricks
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7.7
Gain an advantage over someone by using skill or clever plans
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8.3
To trick someone in a clever way so they do not notice
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5.9
Think faster or smarter than someone to get an advantage
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6.7
To beat someone by being more clever
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8.1
To trick someone to gain an advantage
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7.0
To gain an advantage over someone by using clever or unexpected actions
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7.9
To trick someone to gain an unfair advantage
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8.1
To trick someone by being clever to gain advantage
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8.9
To be more clever than someone to win in a competition or argument
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7.7
Use clever or dishonest moves to get an advantage
Act in a clever, tricky way to fool others
To trick people to avoid a problem or responsibility
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word outwit breaks into out ('more than' or 'beyond') and wit ('cleverness' or 'quick mind'), and you can see wit in the common word witty. So to outwit someone is to be more clever than them and win by using your quick mind.