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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
outwit .
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Examples
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Lauren Weinstein outwits Comedy Central's humiliation show
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I respect the first amendment, however, I believe you are so completely uneducated; your frail argot outwits your inept acumen.
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I kind of wish we could get back into Zorro†™ s battles with the army, or at least see the story from Zorro†™ s point of view, as seeing how he outwits his enemies is half the fun.
Dueling Reviews: Zorro #17 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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He outwits all the officers, has a hand in every black market deal on the island, keeps his men alive by being daring and clever, and basically thrives in an intolerable situation.
Anne Hill: How Juvenile Fiction Predicts Relationships--and Divorce Anne Hill 2011
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When your hero outwits assassins, solves riddles and escapes execution by firing squad, you do, too.
Tintin & Co. Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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Septimius Severus outwits and kills the other three (starting with Didius Julianus), and settles down to rule Rome.
Gibbon V janetmk 2009
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He outwits all the officers, has a hand in every black market deal on the island, keeps his men alive by being daring and clever, and basically thrives in an intolerable situation.
Anne Hill: How Juvenile Fiction Predicts Relationships--and Divorce Anne Hill 2011
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But then the bullying lout whom he outwits and humiliates is a German, so that's all right.
The Case of the Missing Adventure Story Allan Massie 2011
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Through his poem "Plain Language from Truthful James," Harte created a wily Chinaman who outwits his Anglo gambling opponents.
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Ages 6+ How resourceful Polly outwits the wolf who eagerly stalks her in the hope of eating her is a masterly blend of risk-taking and triumph.
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