Meaning of OUTWIT
| Pronunciation: | | `awt'wit
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| | Definition: | | [v] beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" |
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| | Synonyms: | | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, overreach |
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| | See Also: | | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass | |
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\Out*wit"\, v. t.
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach
by superior craft.
They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! --Gauden.
\Out"wit\, n.
The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and
experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.
[Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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| | Related Terms: | | bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, have, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outgo, outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver, outmarch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outreach, outride, outrival, outrun, outshine, outsmart, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay, overreach, override, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, take in, trick, two-time, undo, victimize |
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