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out·wit  (out-wt)

tr.v. out·wit·ted, out·wit·ting, out·wits

1. To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart.

2. Archaic To surpass in intelligence.

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outwit [ˌaʊtˈwɪt]

vb -wits, -witting, -witted (tr)

1. to get the better of by cunning or ingenuity

2. Archaic to be of greater intelligence than

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

outwit - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outsmart, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

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outwit

verb outsmart (informal), get the better of, circumvent, outperform, outmanoeuvre, go one better than (informal), put one over on (informal), outfox, run rings round (informal), pull a fast one on (informal), outthink, outjockey To win the presidency he had first to outwit his rivals within the party.

Translations

outwit [aʊtˈwɪt] VT → ser más listo que

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outwit [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] vt [+ person] → se montrer plus malin/igne que

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outwit [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] vt → essere più furbo/a di

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outwit [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] vt → essere più furbo/a di

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outwit

v outwit [autˈwit]

to defeat (someone) by being cleverer than he is She managed to outwit the police and escape. uitoorlê, fop, kul يَفوقُه حيلَةً ودهاءً надхитрям přelstít narre überlisten ξεγελώ με την εξυπνάδα μου burlar, ser más listo que üle kavaldama ترفند بهتری زدن olla ovelampi se montrer plus malin que לְהַעֲרִים עַל- ज्यादा होशियार हो कर दूसरे को परास्त कर देना nadmudriti túljár vki eszén mengalahkan kepandaian leika á superare (in astuzia) だしぬく …보다 한 수 위이다 pergudrauti pārspēt viltībā mengakali te slim af zijn narre, overliste przechytrzyć passar a perna em a fi mai isteţ decât перехитрить oklamať prelisičiti nadmudriti överlista ชนะด้วยสติปัญญา mat etmek, aklıyla yenmek 以機智勝過，瞞騙 перехитрити ذہانت سے مغلوب ہونا đánh lừa 以机智胜过，瞒骗