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Get the better of
Answer for the clue "Get the better of ", 7 letters:
outplay
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Word definitions for outplay in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outplay \Out*play"\, v. t. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But she can only be herself and hope to outplay her doubts. ▪ Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Mets"
Usage examples of outplay.
I forgot all the times that manipulating swine like Silius Italicus had outplayed me on the draughtboard of connivery.
With one coded stroke he had outplayed Hashi Lebwohl and Nick Succorso and Holt Fasner.
They outplayed me, just as they outplayed my daughter on the drone encounter.
We outplayed the Spanish team, but couldn’t score, and the game went to penalties.
In the return at Highbury, however, we got stuffed, overrun, outplayed, and it was all over, maybe for another twenty years.
Sky, who is always bragging about how she wins The Sky's soul by outplaying him at his own game, and tell her the truth.
Blake to outplay the guy on the level, although of course Little Manuel will much rather get a guy's dough by cheating him than by outplaying him on the level.
Of all the planets I've helped capture or occupy up till now, I've generally had the feeling of outplaying the natives.
Since sixth or seventh grade Jinx has had a strange fantasy of being on the basketball court blind, stone blind, but outplaying the other boys, his fast hands and fast feet doing it all for him.
From the beast that outplays a berserker by rote in "Without a Thought" to the messianic child in Berserker Man, irony is a recurring element in the series.