outgeneral
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To outgeneral a dog-fancier was a tribute to his shrewdness; to save two hundred dollars on a single purchase was economy of a high order.
From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
When I met you today I at once knew it was all up with me unless I could outgeneral you—and I think I have.
From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by Naylor, H. R.
Then I saw an elderly gentleman pacing back and forth between two feminine chatterboxes, and trying to outgeneral the two happy people.
From A Romance in Transit by Lynde, Francis
For two or three days and nights they managed to outgeneral all their adversaries, and succeeded bravely in making the best of their way to a Free State.
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
At every turn King outgeneraled Montgomery's white officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
How completely the enemy had been outgeneraled was evident in the positions of Eisenhower's armies.
From Time Magazine Archive
She got outgeneraled and outfought by Shirley Fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Lee had undoubtedly been outgeneraled by Hooker in this movement, but he appeared not to have been disconcerted.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.
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 Lent, Edward B.
"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 Weygandt, Cornelius
By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."
From Time Magazine Archive
Acting on the impulse, they swung confidently along, only to find themselves outgeneralled.
From The War Chief of the Six Nations A Chronicle of Joseph Brant by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)
Cornwallis, who had gone to bed expecting to make short work of Washington in the morning, saw himself fairly outgeneralled.
From The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Drake, Samuel Adams
The widow was flanked, outgeneralled, routed along the whole line.
From That Mother-in-Law of Mine by Anonymous
The great Miami chief Little Turtle, who outgeneralled the Americans at the defeat of St. Clair, used to tell with humorous relish how he once trusted a white man adopted into his tribe.
From Stories Of Ohio by Howells, William Dean
He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by Tilden, William (Bill) Tatem
