Thesaurus / outwit
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The research team is putting a pin in their red-hot research for now, but Garagouni hopes it will serve as a springboard for others on the quest to outwit dolphins.
DOLPHINS AREN’T AFRAID OF A LITTLE HOT SAUCESARAH KEARTES / HAKAI MAGAZINENOVEMBER 23, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCEIn civilization, you don’t need to outwit lions and antelopes, or memorize every fruit tree and watering hole within 1,000 square miles.
FUTURE EVOLUTION: HOW WILL HUMANS CHANGE IN THE NEXT 10,000 YEARS?NICHOLAS R. LONGRICHMARCH 3, 2022SINGULARITY HUB Although some people only litter unintentionally when they are outwitted by wild animals rummaging through their trash at night, millions of others admit to intentionally throwing garbage out of their moving cars.
MOST ROADSIDE LITTER COMES FROM JUST DOWN THE STREETCARLA DELGADOFEBRUARY 24, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCETechnologically, that means investing in hypersonic missiles to match those of China or Russia, for instance, or in military artificial intelligence to try outwitting them.
THE TALIBAN, NOT THE WEST, WON AFGHANISTAN’S TECHNOLOGICAL WARCHRISTOPHER ANKERSEN, MIKE MARTINAUGUST 23, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe virus continues to evolve, and as it collides with human immunity, it may evolve in ways that allow it to outwit the immune system.
IS IT NOW REASONABLE TO DISCUSS THE END OF THE PANDEMIC? YES, BUT WITH CAVEATS.JOEL ACHENBACHMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHere was a woman's revenge, to bait, to charm, to spurn; and then to outwit him!
THE SECRET WITNESSGEORGE GIBBSPeachum then intends to outwit me in this Affair; but Ill be even with him.
THE BEGGAR'S OPERAJOHN GAYSomething must be done, and quickly, Tharn realized, were he to outwit those whose feet were even now pounding on the stairs.
WARRIOR OF THE DAWNHOWARD CARLETON BROWNEThe Princess saw that her only hope was to outwit the fox, and she immediately thought of a plan to gain her end.
EDMUND DULACS FAIRY-BOOKEDMUND DULACI think they are going to attempt to take us by surprise, but by the aid of the Prophet we will outwit them.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME V, ISSUE 28, APRIL 1893VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO OUTWIT
- baffles
- balks
- beats down
- beats the system
- blanks
- blocks
- buries
- casts down
- causes setback
- checkmates
- circumvents
- confounds
- contravenes
- cooks
- counterplots
- crosses
- disappoints
- discomfits
- disconcerts
- disproves
- edges out
- foils
- invalidates
- neutralizes
- nonpluses
- nose out
- nullifies
- outwits
- overturns
- puts end to
- puzzles
- quells
- reduces
- refutes
- ruins
- scuttles
- shaves
- shellacs
- skunks
- spoils
- squashes
- stumps
- subdues
- subjugates
- surmounts
- takes wind out of sails
- throws for loop
- thwarts
- undoes
- victimizes
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- outrun
- outwit
- pass the buck
- pass up
- puzzle
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
- baffled
- beat around the bush
- bilked
- circumvented
- confounded
- copped out
- ditched
- dodged
- doubled
- ducked
- eschewed
- evaded
- fled
- flew
- foiled
- frustrated
- gave the runaround
- gave the slip
- gave wide berth to
- got around
- got away from
- hem and haw
- not touched
- outran
- outwitted
- passed the buck
- passed up
- puzzled
- ran around
- shied
- shirked
- shucked
- shunned
- stalled
- stayed shy of
- steered clear of
- stonewalled
- stumped
- thwarted
- was beyond someone
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- bollix
- buffalo
- check
- checkmate
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- curb
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- disconcert
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- faze
- foul up
- frustrate
- get around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- hang up
- hinder
- juke
- nullify
- outwit
- prevent
- rattle
- restrain
- run circles around
- run rings around
- shake
- shake off
- shuffle off
- skip
- stop
- stymie
- throw monkey wrench in
- thwart
- upset the apple cart
- baffles
- balks
- beats
- bilks
- bollixes
- buffalos
- checkmates
- checks
- counters
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- curbs
- dashes
- defeats
- disappoints
- disconcerts
- ditches
- dodges
- ducks
- eludes
- fazes
- foul up
- frustrates
- gets around
- gives the slip
- hangs up
- hinders
- jukes
- nullifies
- outwits
- prevents
- rattles
- restrains
- runs circles around
- runs rings around
- shakes
- shakes off
- shuffles off
- skips
- stops
- stymies
- throws monkey wrench in
- thwarts
- upsets the apple cart
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