To deceive, get the better of. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of (30) undergoa1325 To deceive, get the better of. Obsolete. circumvene1526 By-form of circumvent, v.: chiefly Scottish. crossbitec1555 transitive. To bite the biter; to cheat in return; to cheat by outwitting; to ‘take in’, gull, deceive. circumvent1564 To get the better of by craft or fraud; to overreach, outwit, cheat, ‘get round’, ‘take in’. Also, to evade or find a way around (a difficulty… gleek1577 transitive. To trick, circumvent. (In quot. 1614 with allusion to gleek, n.1) outreach1579 transitive. To outwit; to deceive, cheat. Obsolete. fob1583 transitive. To cheat, deceive, delude, trick, impose upon, ‘take in’; also with up. Also, to fob (a person) ofor out of (something). colloquial. overreach1594 transitive. To outwit, cheat, or defraud. Also occasionally intransitive. Now rare. fub1600 transitive. To cheat, impose upon, put off deceitfully; = fob, v.1 In quot. 1625: (perhaps) to reject with scorn. encompassa1616 To outwit, take advantage of, ‘get round’ (a person). Obsolete. out-craftya1616 transitive. To surpass in craftiness or cunning, to outwit. Cf. outcraft, v. out-knave1648 transitive. To outdo in knavery; to get the better of by knavery. mump1649 transitive. To cheat, to get the better of. Also with of, out of. Now English regional (south-western) (rare). jockey1708 transitive. To play the jockey with (see jockey, n. 3b); to gain the advantage of by adroit management or trickery; to trick, outwit, overreach… come1721 To adopt a specified attitude or behaviour, or to act or behave like a specified type of person, animal, or thing (often so as to try to deceive or… nail1735 To catch, capture, to secure. transitive. colloquial. To rob, cheat, get the better of (a person). Now rare. slew1813 transitive. To turn (a thing) round upon its own axis, or without shifting it from its place; also… figurative. To beat, to outwit, to trick; also in… Jew1825 transitive. To get or try to get the better of (a person) by charging too much or paying too little; to cheat or swindle (out of something)… to sew up1837 slang. To tire out, exhaust (a person); to nonplus, bring to a standstill; to put hors de combat; to outwit, cheat, swindle; also, to bring about the… to play (it) low down (on)1864 figurative. With complement. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). to play it (on): to play a trick, cheat. to play (it) low down (on): to… outfox1872 transitive. To outdo in cunning; to outwit. beat1873 To get the better of (one) by trickery; to cheat or defraud. U.S. outcraft1879 transitive. To surpass in craftiness or cunning; to outwit. to get a beat on1889 U.S. (chiefly dialect). to get a beat on: (see quot. 1889). old soldier1892 transitive. To use flattery or deceit to persuade or cajole. Cf. to come the old soldier at old soldier, n. 1c. to put one over1905 colloquial (originally U.S.). To perpetrate (a deception or hoax) on a person; to achieve by deceit. Chiefly as to put one over. to get one over on1912 transitive. Originally U.S. colloquial. to get one over on: to have an advantage over; to trick, cheat, swindle, or defraud. Cf. to put over 7b(b) at… to get one over1921 transitive. to get one over = to get one over on at phrasal verbs 1. outsmart1926 transitive. To defeat or get the better of (a person, etc.) through superior skill or ingenuity; to prove too clever for; to outwit. Occasionally refl… shaft1959 To treat unfairly or harshly; to cheat, deceive; to take advantage of; to slight, reject. slang (originally and chiefly North American). |
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