outwit
verb (used with object)
to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart.
had been outwitting
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past perfect progressiveof outwit.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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As we drove home that day in October, she told me how she had been outwitting her brother.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
