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1 outwit
past tense, past participle - outwitted; verb(to defeat (someone) by being cleverer than he is: She managed to outwit the police and escape.) oklamať* * *• prelstit
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outwit — ► VERB (outwitted, outwitting) ▪ deceive by greater ingenuity … English terms dictionary
outwit — verb Outwit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑opponent … Collocations dictionary
outwit — verb outwitted, outwitting (T) to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans: My father spent years trying to build a bird feeder that would outwit the squirrels … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
outwit — verb the murderers always thought they could outwit Columbo, but of course they couldn t Syn: outsmart, outmaneuver, outplay, steal a march on, trick, gull, get the better of, euchre; informal outfox, pull a fast one on, put one over on … Thesaurus of popular words
outwit — verb /aʊtˈwɪt/ To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. Syn: outfox, outguess, outsmart … Wiktionary
outwit — verb (outwits, outwitting, outwitted) deceive by greater ingenuity … English new terms dictionary
outwit — [[t]a͟ʊtwɪ̱t[/t]] outwits, outwitting, outwitted VERB If you outwit someone, you use your intelligence or a clever trick to defeat them or to gain an advantage over them. [V n] To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the… … English dictionary
outwit — UK [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] / US [aʊtˈwɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms outwit : present tense I/you/we/they outwit he/she/it outwits present participle outwitting past tense outwitted past participle outwitted to gain an advantage over someone, especially by… … English dictionary
outwit — transitive verb ( witted; witting) Date: 1643 1. to get the better of by superior cleverness ; outsmart 2. archaic to surpass in wisdom … New Collegiate Dictionary
outwit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. frustrate, circumvent, outsmart. See deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. baffle, trick, bewilder; see confuse , deceive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. outsmart, outfox, outthink, beat, *put one … English dictionary for students
outwit — out|wit [ aut wıt ] verb transitive to gain an advantage over someone, especially by using a clever or dishonest trick: OUTSMART … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English