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71outwit — v. a. 1. Outgeneral, out manoeuvre, baffle, steal a march upon. 2. Overreach, cheat, dupe, deceive, circumvent, swindle, defraud, victimize, cozen, gull, diddle, take in, impose upon …
72checkmate — n 1. halt, stop, stoppage, arrest, check, stand, stay, Chess. mate; block, blockage, impasse; stalemate, deadlock, standstill, full stop, dead stop; stand off, tie, draw, dead heat. 2. defeat, overthrow, rout, discomfiture; conquest, vanquishment …
73discomfit — v 1. rout, trounce, drub, whip, crush, overwhelm, put to flight, floor, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, Inf. make short work of; conquer, subjugate, vanquish, subdue, overpower, overthrow, master, overmaster; overcome, defeat, beat, worst, lick,… …
74outdo — v 1. surpass, exceed, outreach, excel, overtop, out Herod, go beyond, outsoar, transcend; outclass, outrank, outrate, come first, be superior to, take precedence over, override, overrule; outweigh, over weigh, outbalance, overbalance, tip the… …
75outflank — v bypass, avoid, give [s.o.] or [s.t.] the go by; circumvent, get around, Inf. do an end run, Inf. short circuit; elude, evade, go over [s.o. s] head, overreach; outthink, outwit, outfox, outsmart, get the better of [s.o.] pull the wool over [s.o …
76outplay — v outdo, outstrip, top, overtop, cap, excel, surpass, transcend, tower above, trump, overtrump, outdistance, outgo; outshine, eclipse, overshadow, put to shame, Inf. show [s.o.] up; outmaneuver, outflank, outjockey, outsmart, outthink, outwit,… …
77outsmart — v 1. get the better of, get the best of, Inf. euchre out; trick, hoax, take in, Inf. slip one over on [s.o.]Sl. pull a fast one on [s.o.]Sl. snow, Sl. hornswoggle; dupe, deceive, beguile, gull, pigeon, humbug, bamboozle, fool, befool, make a fool …
78outwit — v 1. outsmart, outthink, overreach, get the better of, get the best of, Inf. euchre out; out maneuver, outflank, outjockey; outdo, outperform, outplay, outgeneral, outguess; finesse, work or get around, circumvent, evade, elude, frustrate, steal… …
79out- — prefixal use of out, adverb, preposition, or adjective, occurring in various senses in compounds, as in outcast, outcome, outside, and serving also to form many transitive verbs denoting a going beyond, surpassing, or outdoing in the particular… …
80outwit — / outsmart [v] get the better of; figure out before another baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end run*, fake out*, finagle*, fox*, goose*, gull*, have*, hoax, hoodwink,… …
