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View synonyms for outgeneral

outgeneral

[ out-jen-er-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, out·gen·er·aled, out·gen·er·al·ing or (especially British) out·gen·er·alled, out·gen·er·al·ling.
  1. to outdo or surpass in generalship.


outgeneral

/ ˌaʊtˈdʒɛnərəl /

verb

  1. tr to surpass in generalship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of outgeneral1

First recorded in 1760–70; out- + general
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Example Sentences

What sort of mass destruction might the now globally humiliated and militarily outgeneraled Russian dictator do out of desperation and revenge?

Hakoah won several games on the tour but in front of that huge crowd was “outgeneraled,” losing by 3-0 to three counterattacks.

In fact, he was outgeneralled by his pupil, Bismarck, even more signally than he had previously been outgeneralled by his former pupil, Cavour.

He was mad with love of her, with rage at his own mistake, with shame at being so outgeneralled.

Fierce were the whoops and yells of the outgeneralled red men as, with one accord, they came out of their several covers to follow.

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