OUTFOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outfox mean? 

• OUTFOX (verb)
  The verb OUTFOX has 2 senses:

1. outdo someone in trickery

2. beat through cleverness and wit

  Familiarity information: OUTFOX used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFOX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they outfox    ... he / she / it outfoxes   
Past simple: outfoxed   
Past participle: outfoxed   
-ing form: outfoxing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outdo someone in trickery

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "outfox" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot outfox Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beat through cleverness and wit

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach

Context example:

She outfoxed her competitors

Hypernyms (to "outfox" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Verb group:

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody