| 单词 | to beat a person at his own game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game: to defeat or outdo a person in his or her chosen activity or field of expertise, esp. by using his or her methods. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat whip1571 overmaster1627 to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664 to beat (all) to nothing1768 beatc1800 bang1808 to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820 floga1841 to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 to knock (the) spots off1850 lick1890 biff1895 to give a stone and a beating to1906 to knock into a cocked hat1965 1849 Alton (Illinois) Tel. & Democratic Rev. 8 June Scraps beat him, though, at his own game. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 452/2 Mr. Sexton called at that office, before his late match, and said that he should beat me at my own game—around the table—and that he was ready at any time to discount me on a table named by him. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlviii. 240 That would be all very well if you could beat Manet at his own game, but you can't get anywhere near him. 1963 M. Benson Afr. Patriots 211 The A.N.C...still hoped that they [sc. the United Party] might learn they could never return to power by trying to beat the nationalists at their own game. 2003 Wired July 140/1 You're never going to beat Bill Gates at his own game... But if you own the first successful space-mining company, you'll make him look like a pauper. < as lemmas |
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