单词 | outjockey |
释义 | outjockeyv. transitive. To overcome by trickery; to be more cunning than, outwit; to outdo in jockeying. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > circumvent or overreach overgoc1275 circumvene1526 circumvent1564 undercreep1592 overreach1594 circuit1614 out-juggle1620 outwit?1630 out-plot1648 overwit1671 Cretizea1673 outjockey1714 to steal a march1771 to get over ——1784 Jew1825 outfox1872 outsmart1926 blindside1968 1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. viii. 91 At a Horse-Match..every Body strives to out-Jocky (as the Phrase is) one another. 1720 Lady Cowper Diary (1864) 139 Sunderland..has outjockeyed Walpole. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. iii. 210 Our worthy forefathers could scarcely stir abroad without danger of being outjockeied in horseflesh. 1871 Daily News 14 Jan. She had allowed herself to be out-manœuvred and out-jockeyed in statesmanship. 1910 W. Boyle Mineral Workers iv. 97 O'Reilly. He objected, very properly, to mix up love and business— Fogarty. Out-jockeyed by the Yankee! O Lord! Oh! 1948 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! viii. 116 Ramspeck and Mrs. Kubic out-jockey each other for the egomania sweepstakes. 2000 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 28 May b1 The two Republican candidates for 9th Circuit Solicitor are trying to outjockey each other over a campaign issue viewed as popular with GOP voters - the death penalty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1714 |
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