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[ verb ] defeat by more skillful maneuvering

Examples

"The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans" "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

Used in print

(The New York Times...)

He had been a corps commander during the disastrous defeat and retreat of 1942 when the ill-prepared , ill-equipped British forces `` were outmaneuvered , outfought and outgeneraled '' .

Related terms

outdo outgeneral

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