outgeneral

Example Sentences

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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

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 Naylor, H. R.

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

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

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

From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis

From the description it was Berghoff, the spy of a powerful European nation whose ambition it is to outgeneral all other powers on the sea.

From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by Goldfrap, John Henry