outwit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to defeat or gain an advantage over someone by being more clever

   The smaller force outwitted its pursuers by leaving a false trail.

Formed from out- in the sense 'surpass' + wit, originally meaning to exceed someone in intelligence. It later developed the active sense of defeating or escaping an opponent through superior cleverness.

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