Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surpass (an opponent) in skill or technique or in scoring points.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play better than; outmanæuver; outdo.
- noun In cricket, the play by the out side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
excel ordefeat in agame ; to play better than.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb excel or defeat in a game
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Examples
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Whereas Google was collegial, working for the White House was like a season of the reality show Survivor, whose motto was “Outwit, outplay, outlast.”
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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Here, the Saints beat the team they were not supposed to be able to beat, by outplaying the quarterback they were not supposed to be able to outplay.
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We compare stats to see what they need to do to outwit, outplay and outlast.
Rob vs. Russell: Which Survivor Vet Will Become King of Redemption Island? 2011
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We let them outplay us and ended up in a very difficult place.
Ben Foden: 'England happy to play pantomime villains at World Cup' | Donald McRae 2011
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Jim Beaver does an excellent job of conveying a man desperate to outwit, outlast and outplay a reaper who's after Bobby.
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According to Chuck: Gingrich "is the best man left on the battlefield who is able to outwit, outplay and outlast Obama and his campaign machine."
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The Purple Gang outplayed them on offense, defense, special teams, coaching, every way one team can outplay another.
Sweet, Sweet Sunday! grrm 2010
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Also, Martin Biron is simply going to have to outplay Marc-Andre Fleury in goal for the Flyers to have any chance at all to advance to the next round.
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But if you clearly outplay your contract,and ask for something to be done, you're a bad guy and not a team player.
Giants Play Cat and Mouse With Osi Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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The Bears match up pretty well against the Packers with two close games against them, and Jay Cutler is a poor man's Rodgers who could outplay him on any given Sunday.
Christopher Liss: NFL Playoff Observations -- Divisional Round Christopher Liss 2011
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