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Meanings of outwit in English
Synonyms
Examples for "beat"
Examples for "beat"
1
He choked; the blood beat in his head; he was at bursting-point.
2
Twice the English beat the enemy in the triangle between the rivers.
3
Mr Trump beat Ms Clinton by 5 per cent four years ago.
4
The rain beat upon them and the wind soughed in the trees.
5
We could hear the immense heart-beat of the world in the stillness.
1
As a result, they increasingly circumvent global institutions by creating bilateral arrangements.
2
Reproductive technologies are often described as means to circumvent the body's biology.
3
He was very proud of his ability to circumvent a new law.
4
OUTA are furious that Christians helped the Gupta family circumvent immigration laws.
5
It might even encourage the use of methods to circumvent such rules.
1
Critics have said say Weissmann's hardball approach can lead to prosecutorial overreach.
2
Sometimes political expediency can overreach itself and perpetrate the most grave injustices.
3
China's international reputation is only being harmed by the overreach, he said.
4
That was evidently an overreach politically, at least for the Brexit-plagued UK.
5
Richard Beales Twitter seems to be avoiding Facebook's overreach -so far.
1
He'll come back, sure, but to try to outsmart me next time.
2
Or will Benjamin outsmart Nina and work out exactly what's going on?
3
The question was if he was wise enough to outsmart the Germans.
4
Who was he to think that he could outsmart Leslie John Stephenson?
5
And to put it bluntly, Isabel could outsmart him at every turn.
1
He's a clever one, this German, and I have to outfox him.
2
The reavers were much like hounds, and Averan had to outfox them.
3
Maybe it was possible to outfox the Devaney bad blood, after all.
4
Mayo are in the unique situation now where they have the potential to outfox Kerry.
5
And you wait for the biologist Seth to figure out how to outfox the creatures.
Usage of outwit in English
1
A simple focus to outwit and ultimately oust British rule from Ireland.
2
Each new 'joint' is a game, a game to outwit the authorities.
3
She needed the courage to continue to outwit whoever was after her.
4
You build a solution and every day you have to outwit them.
5
But in that time I can prepare for them and outwit them.
6
He seemed to be afraid we would in some way outwit him.
7
A plan to confuse and outwit the swindler occurred to our hero.
8
The canny invisible hand can outwit the dead hand of corrupt bureaucracy.
9
It will be a fine thing to outwit this uncle of yours.
10
But we will try and outwit them before we suffer much damage.
11
But when you came there was no effort made to outwit you.
12
We could outride the Turks, outwit them, outfight them, and outdare them.
13
Also, I am a man whom he could easily hoodwink and outwit.
14
There was, then, a double diplomacy, each striving to outwit the other.
15
Drunk as he was, he could not even hope to outwit him.
16
Now, we'll see if Shanley and I can't outwit Mr. John Garwell.
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Outwit across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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