outgeneral

There were many signs, and I had to be always on the lookout to outgeneral them.

From Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly

He had spent four hundred dollars in recovering one third of the stolen money, and had suffered the thief to outgeneral him.

From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by H. R. Naylor

But that he could outgeneral William, that he could even manage Gospatrick and his intrigues Hereward expected as little as that his own nephews Edwin and Morcar could do it.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley

But possibly we can think up some way to outgeneral him.”

From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap

Lincoln's friend in Kansas, instead of securing that delegation for him, had suffered the Seward men to outgeneral him, and the prospects were by no means flattering.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by William H. Herndon

I don't know when I have ever been as comprehensively and pleasurably outgeneraled as I am when I read Martin.

From Time ● Jul. 9, 2011

She got outgeneraled and outfought by Shirley Fry.

From Time Magazine Archive

At every turn King outgeneraled Montgomery's white officials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outnumbered, outgunned, outgeneraled, and easily outfought, the rebels in Sumatra last week were pushed to the wall.

From Time Magazine Archive

We all felt that the moment we begin to turn our backs to the enemy, that moment we acknowledge ourselves either outgeneraled or whipped, a thing most disheartening, and to which pride never easily condescends.

From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier

Out-gunning and outgeneraling the U.S. players at every turn, Sedgman never let either of his opponents get really set, much less launch an attack.

From Time Magazine Archive

The smile was that of the conquering hero, outgeneraling in retreat allied forces outnumbering his small army a thousand times.

From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent

"The Building Fund" tells the story of the outgeneraling of grasping son and conniving daughter's daughter by a hard old woman of the strong farmer class in the west of Ireland.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt

By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."

From Time Magazine Archive

The British commanders had been outgeneralled, attacked and defeated.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving

All is lost," replied Birney; "and I fear we have been outgeneralled.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

Prevost, although he had a strong party and fought a most desperate battle, nevertheless was outnumbered, outgeneralled, and most completely overpowered.

From The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself by de Witt C. Peters

Outnumbered, but not outgeneralled, the government forces fought valiantly.

From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Mary Caroline Crawford

He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.

From The Art of Lawn Tennis by William (Bill) Tatem Tilden