Outmaneuver

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outmaneuver \Out`ma*neu"ver\, Outmanoeuvre \Out`ma*noeu"vre\, v.
     t.
     To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit
     or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outmaneuver
       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: {outmanoeuvre},
            {outsmart}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "outmaneuver":
     bamboozle, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beguile, best,
     betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive,
     defeat, delude, destroy, diddle, do in, double-cross, drub, dupe,
     elude, evade, fix, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around,
     get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull,
     hide, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, hors de combat, humbug,
     juggle, lambaste, lather, let down, lick, mock, outclass, outdo,
     outfight, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outgo, outguess,
     outjump, outleap, outmarch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outpoint,
     outrange, outreach, outride, outrival, outrun, outsail, outshine,
     outsmart, outstep, outstrip, outvie, outwit, overjump, overleap,
     overmatch, overplay, overreach, override, pass the buck, pigeon,
     play one false, put, put something over, ruin, settle, skin,
     skin alive, snow, stonewall, string along, take in, thrash, trick,
     trim, triumph over, trounce, two-time, undo, victimize, whip,
     worst