outsmart
/aʊtˈsmɑːt
/verb [with object]
Defeat or get the better of (someone) by being clever or cunning: the hero is invariably outsmarted by the heroine...
- He is a clever man of supernatural powers who uses tricks to outsmart his opponents.
- The Chinese are outsmarting us in every possible way in our trade relationship.
- We got outsmarted by a clown at a Perkins in New Brighton.
Synonyms
outwit, out-think, outmanoeuvre, outplay, be cleverer than, steal a march on, trick, make a fool of, get the better of
informal outfox, pull a fast one on, put one over on, run/make rings round
dated outjockey
Rhymes
- right away
- right back
- right bank
- right bower
- Rightboys
- Right Boys
- right brain
- right-branching
- right-center
- right-centre
- right circular
- right-circularly
- right-click
- right corner
- right-cornered
- right croaker
- right descension
- right deviationism
- right deviationist
- rightdoer
- right-doing
- rightdoing
- right-down
- right-eared
- righten