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outfoxout‧fox /aʊtˈfɒks $ -ˈfɑːks/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoutfox |
Present | I, you, we, they | outfox | | he, she, it | outfoxes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outfoxed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outfoxed | | he, she, it | has outfoxed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outfoxed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outfox | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outfoxed |
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Present | I | am outfoxing | | he, she, it | is outfoxing | | you, we, they | are outfoxing | Past | I, he, she, it | was outfoxing | | you, we, they | were outfoxing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outfoxing | | he, she, it | has been outfoxing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outfoxing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outfoxing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outfoxing |
- So far Hutchinson has managed to outfox police.
- Electrical engineers get paid well to outfox the lateral causality inherent in all circuits.
- It is about trying to outfox your opponent.
- They emerged north of the Absaroke Mountains, having brilliantly outfoxed their pursuers once more.
- Urquhart is a manipulative murderer who could outfox Machiavelli, while Richardson seems utterly guileless.
► outfox/outwit/outmanoeuvre an opponent (=gain an advantage over an opponent by being more intelligent or skilful than they are)· Football is all about outwitting your opponents. to gain an advantage over someone by using your intelligence SYN outsmart |