outgeneral

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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 Kingsley, Charles

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.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

Well, as anybody at the Drones will tell you, Bertram Wooster is a pretty hard chap to outgeneral.

From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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

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

We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa