outsmart
verb (used with object)
to get the better of (someone); outwit.
had outsmarted
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past perfectof outsmart.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The agent would later say that he meant he had outsmarted Loudd.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020
In a rare rebuke, "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade conceded that the former "Apprentice" star turned West Wing staffer had "outsmarted" the president.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2018
Outteridge had outsmarted his long-standing rival Peter Burling at the start and the crew of six elite sailors managed to fend off New Zealand's repeated attempts to pass them.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2017
What interested Canova about Washington was not that he had outsmarted the British in the Revolutionary War, or that he had presided at the creation of a new country.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
Exhausted from the long swim, he stayed there in the birch thinking he had outsmarted my dogs.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
