Crossword clues for outmanoeuvre
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outmaneuver \Out`ma*neu"ver\, Outmanoeuvre \Out`ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. t. To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral.
Wiktionary
alt. (context British English) To surpass, or get an advantage of, in manoeuvring; to outgeneral. vb. (context British English) To surpass, or get an advantage of, in manoeuvring; to outgeneral.
vb. 1 (alternative form of outmaneuver English) 2 (alternative form of outmanoeuvre English)
WordNet
v. defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" [syn: outmaneuver, outsmart]
Usage examples of "outmanoeuvre".
In another December, north of Bedford, in Buckden, Suffolk, hero of the battlefield and the tiltyard, victor of many a bedchamber, had been defeated, outmanoeuvred by a headstrong woman and a group of peasants.
He felt the frustration of being outmanoeuvred, of trying to double-guess the hook-nosed, blue eyed General who opposed him.
Spiro had to believe that once again he had outmanoeuvred Artemis Fowl.
French seemed to be outmanoeuvring the British, beating them without a battle being fought, and Hogan hinted that soon the army might be retreating on Salamanca.
He smiles lop-sidedly and I feel my ears burning until I clamp down on peripheral circulation and twitch myself into combat-ready focus, furious at being so clearly outmanoeuvred on all sides.
The pinnace's sensors murmured at the back of his mind, feeding him a steady flow of information, enabling him to foreguess and outmanoeuvre the worst batterings of the storm winds.