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to outsmart
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to use skill and cunning to gain an advantage over someone, defeating or surpassing them through intelligence
Transitive: to outsmart sb/sth
Approving
Informal
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
outsmart
3rd person singular
outsmarts
Past simple
outsmarted
Past participle
outsmarted
Examples
In the chess match, the young prodigy managed to outsmart his experienced opponent, employing a brilliant strategy to secure victory.
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