have outfoxed
- present perfect of outfox.
Example Sentences
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Following a $1-billion-grossing, Oscar-winning smash could have left writer and director Jared Bush and director Byron Howard feeling like rabbits in the headlights, but they seem to have outfoxed the challenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Observers of the seven-week trial said the former governor, who was impeached by the Illinois Senate last year, might have outfoxed his pursuers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2010
He might have outfoxed the Owner for the moment, but that greasy-haired fool with his book was making Toby nervous.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
Could they have outfoxed the bees, held their breath long enough and swam the distance or would the cagey bees, if pressed, have waited patiently above the surface to wreck revenge?
From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron
