outwit
verb /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/
/ˌaʊtˈwɪt/
Word Family
- wit noun
- witty adjective
- witticism noun
- outwit verb
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they outwit | /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/ |
| he / she / it outwits | /ˌaʊtˈwɪts/ /ˌaʊtˈwɪts/ |
| past simple outwitted | /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ |
| past participle outwitted | /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form outwitting | /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪŋ/ /ˌaʊtˈwɪtɪŋ/ |
- outwit somebody/something to defeat somebody/something or gain an advantage over them by doing something clever synonym outsmart
- the amusing story of a bird outwitting a cat
- Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOutwit is used with these nouns as the object:- opponent