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outfox

[out-foks]

verb (used with object)

  1. to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver.

    Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.



outfox

/ ˌʊˈɒ /

verb

  1. (tr) to surpass in guile or cunning

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of outfox1

First recorded in 1960–65; out- + fox
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It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars.

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In Chester-le-Street, he outfoxed West Indies with that understated routine of tricks.

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The Wallabies’ deft offloading, like the All Blacks seven days earlier, outfoxed England out wide as men were missed and passing channels left open.

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She is outfoxed by a swinging delivery outside off that drifts away and catches the outside edge - but a diving wicketkeeper Muneeba Ali puts it down one-handed.

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But at the other end of the spectrum are "the strategies of resistance that teens deploy to outfox their parents", she points out.

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