ace out
Idioms-
Get the better of, defeat, as in Our team is bound to ace them out , or Those calculus problems aced me out again . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
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Take advantage of or cheat someone, as in John thought they were trying to ace him out of his promised promotion . [ Slang ; c. 1920]
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