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UK
/aʊtwˈɪt/
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[ US /ˈaʊtˌwɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈaʊtˌwɪt/ ]
VERB
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beat through cleverness and wit
She outfoxed her competitors
I beat the traffic
How To Use outwit In A Sentence
- When President Obama or Secretary Clinton lauds “smart power” as a self-sufficient counter to Islamofascism, Red Chinese hegemonism or Russian truculence, he (or she) implicitly claims the ability to consistently outwit Osama bin-Laden, Hu Jintao and Vladimir Putin. European Union
- But Mawuli glowers at Papa, apparently thinking about how to outwit Papa, not thinking about Mary Catherine. Amaryllis in Blueberry
- Fish were abundant, to be sure, along that coast, where the invisible fruitfulness of the sea made compensation for the blank barrenness of the land; but they were swift and wary, and had to be caught, one at a time, outwitted and outspeeded in their own element. Kings in Exile
- In particular, I wish to offer hearty congratulations on the way you outwitted the Government over the trade practices law business earlier this week.
- That is to say I have only come accross open aggresion once myself, outwith the security forces in the north of course. The Irish Language- is there a Conservative & Unionist Policy?
- Thats just to bad, He tried to outwit the very organization that allows him to hunt. Ohio Trophy Hunter Pleas Guilty, Burns Buck Mounts
- But now, with Morgan's depiction of her caprices and attempts to outwit him, she suddenly sounds quite normal.
- But you see , the trick of playing a sport well is trying to outwit you opponent.
- The very nature of this peregrinatory lifestyle for bees has been suggested as a cause but this is been doubted because CCD has happened outwith this group. Archive 2007-10-28
- Sash is smart, but not quite smart enough to outwit the halfwit. Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty