outwitted (verb)

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• 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 — verb (outwits, outwitting, outwitted) deceive by greater ingenuity …   English new terms 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 — 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

• pay — I. /peɪ / (say pay) verb (paid, paying) –verb (t) 1. to discharge (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by giving or doing something. 2. to give (money, etc.) as in discharge of debt or obligation. 3. to satisfy the claims of (a person, etc.) as by… …  

• bark — I. /bak / (say bahk) noun 1. the abrupt, explosive cry of a dog. 2. a similar sound made by another animal or by a person. –verb (i) 3. to utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries, as a dog. 4. to make a similar sound: the big… …  

• motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …   Universalium

• foxed — 1. verb ; baffled; outwitted. 2. adjective Of paper, having yellowish brown stains …   Wiktionary

• ninja — /ˈnɪndʒə/ (say ninjuh) noun (plural ninja or ninjas) 1. (often upper case) a member of a feudal Japanese association trained in espionage, sabotage and assassination. 2. such a person as depicted in films, usually as a mercenary fighter trained… …  

• outwit — /aʊtˈwɪt / (say owt wit) verb (t) (outwitted, outwitting) to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness …  

• outwit — ► VERB (outwitted, outwitting) ▪ deceive by greater ingenuity …   English terms dictionary