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]
Example Sentences
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Then on his first match point, Sinner spun an ace out wide on the deuce court to close in 1 hour, 25 minutes.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Darrick Forrest, a big-hitting safety and special teams ace out of Cincinnati, was dubbed a “culture” guy.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
Zverev closed it out with an ace out wide on his first match point — on a second serve.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2021
The scream that Svitolina let out when an ace out wide wrapped up the second set showed how frustrated she was, but she made the first dent in the third set.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2021
Now I’ve pulled that ace out of the hole, taken a good look, and found that it’s useless to me, devalued over time.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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