outwitting

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verb get the better of; figure out before another

noun. back-and-forth competition

"to get the better of by superior wits," 1650s, from out + wit. Related: Outwitted; outwitting.

What made her smile was the idea of outwitting that spy of a Justin.

She was quite capable of outwitting him if she could only get a clue to this.

He is not nearly so smart as Lightfoot in outwitting hunters.

But there was zest in this outwitting of men who would have defrauded the settlers if they could.

Little dreamt they why he was treating them to the spectacle, or how cleverly he was outwitting them.

How she had played with him, tricking him, fooling him, outwitting him—and yet loving him.

Over and over in his mind he turned schemes for outwitting the boss.

But presently it becomes clear that the outwitting is on the other side.

When the hounds are on his trail the rabbit saves his legs by outwitting his pursuers.

Being a conspirator who was outwitting Whittaker was rare fun.