OUTSMART

outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent

(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; “I beat the traffic”; “She outfoxed her competitors”

outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart

(verb) defeat by more skillful maneuvering; “The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans”; “My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)

(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.

Synonyms

• outfox, outguess, outwit

Anagrams

• mutators

Source: Wiktionary



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