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OUTMANEUVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outmaneuver mean?
• OUTMANEUVER (verb)
The verb OUTMANEUVER has 1 sense:
1. defeat by more skillful maneuvering
Familiarity information: OUTMANEUVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: outmaneuvered
Past participle: outmaneuvered
-ing form: outmaneuvering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defeat by more skillful maneuvering
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
outmaneuver; outmanoeuvre; outsmart
Context example:
My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
Hypernyms (to "outmaneuver" is one way to...):
best; outdo; outflank; scoop; trump (get the better of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "outmaneuver"):
outgeneral (surpass in generalship)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to outmaneuver his opponent
Context examples
The great novelist vibrated between two decanters with the regularity of a pendulum; the famous divine flirted openly with one of the Madame de Staels of the age, who looked daggers at another Corinne, who was amiably satirizing her, after outmaneuvering her in efforts to absorb the profound philosopher, who imbibed tea Johnsonianly and appeared to slumber, the loquacity of the lady rendering speech impossible.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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