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
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquire
- arrive
- avail
- be successful
- benefit
- carry off
- come off
- conquer
- distance
- do all right
- do the trick
- earn
- flourish
- fulfill
- gain
- get
- get to the top
- grow famous
- hit
- make a fortune
- make good
- make it
- make out
- obtain
- outdistance
- outwit
- overcome
- possess
- prevail
- profit
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- realize
- reap
- receive
- recover
- retrieve
- score
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- surmount
- thrive
- triumph
- turn out
- vanquish
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- work
- worst
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- benefits
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- conquers
- distances
- does all right
- does the trick
- earns
- flourishes
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- gains
- gets
- gets to the top
- grows famous
- hits
- is successful
- makes a fortune
- makes good
- makes it
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- obtains
- outdistances
- outwits
- overcomes
- possesses
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- profits
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- pulls off
- realizes
- reaps
- receives
- recovers
- retrieves
- scores
- secures
- surmounts
- thrives
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- turns out
- vanquishes
- wins
- works
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- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- cramp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- dead-end
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- give the slip
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- obstruct
- oppose
- outwit
- pit
- play off
- prevent
- queer
- restrain
- ruin
- stop
- stymie
- take down
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- trammel
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- baffles
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- checks
- circumvents
- confuses
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- crabs
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- curbs
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- double-crosses
- ducks
- foils
- foul up
- frustrates
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- louses up
- matches
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- outwits
- pits
- plays off
- prevents
- queers
- restrains
- ruins
- scotches
- skins
- snafus
- stymies
- takes down
- takes wind out of
- trammels
- upsets
- bamboozling
- catching
- cheating
- conning
- deceiving
- defrauding
- deluding
- disinforming
- double deal
- duping
- faking
- flimflaming
- gulling
- hoaxing
- hocus-pocusing
- hoodwinking
- imposing upon
- jiving
- misleading
- outwitting
- playing for a fool
- pulling wool over
- putting one over on
- rooking
- screwing
- setting up
- swindling
- taking for a ride
- taking in
- throwing
- trapping
- victimizing
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