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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To overcome (an opponent) by artful, clever maneuvering.
  • transitive verb To excel in maneuverability.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To surpass in manœuvering.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb US To perform movements more adroitly or successfully.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering

Etymologies

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out- +‎ maneuver

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