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- verb Present participle of
outgeneral .
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Examples
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He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.
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But then Broussard would come back to the real business of the matter -- outgeneralling
Betty at Fort Blizzard Molly Elliot Seawell 1888
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Tomyris, the Scythian queen, after the defeat of the army under the command of her son, Spargopises, took the field in person, and outgeneralling the Persian king,
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Whether he was capable of outgeneralling Alexander Farnese or no, will be better seen, perhaps, in subsequent chapters; but there is no doubt that he was reasonable enough in thinking, at that juncture, that a hard campaign rather than a "merchant's brokerage" was required to obtain an honourable peace.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586c John Lothrop Motley 1845
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"Before he came to us De Malet was military commandant at Oran, and it was there that he did one of his best strokes -- outgeneralling a camel-driver from Tangier, one of those thorough-paced Moorish rascals of whom the saying goes, 'Two Maltese to a Jew, and three Jews to a
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