Crossword clues for outwitted
outwitted
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: outwit)
WordNet
v. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent]
[also: outwitting, outwitted]
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Usage examples of "outwitted".
His uncle the King, Ptolemaos, had tried to have him quietly poisoned, but the boy outwitted him, saving his brother Perdiccas and killing Ptolemaos as he lay in his bed.
But Lecoq was always outwitted by Otto, the mysterious accomplice, who seemed to know his every movement in advance.
Was he a modern courtier, I should think he had outwitted him in court intrigue.
With that quiet smile and guileless manner he had undercut and outwitted the most cunning of Orientals.
Perhaps she dared not face him, having been outwitted by a young girl and an Assistant Pig-Keeper.