outfoxverb [ T ]
/ˌaʊtˈfɒks//ˌaʊtˈfɑːks/to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly than them:
He tried to use facts and figures to outfox his opponents.
She has been consistently outfoxed by her rival.
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- Perhaps people think it would be easy to outfox him.
- He made full use of his skill and experience to outfox his young opponent.
- Jennings alternated his tone between smug contempt and envious rage for the man who outfoxed him for a woman's love.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- overturn
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- victorious
- wipe
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