outwit
verb (used with object)
to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart.
was outwitting
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past progressiveof outwit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Bletchley Park’s most famous feat was outwitting Germany’s Enigma encryption machine, which produced a constantly changing cipher and was widely considered unbreakable.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Amir, a veteran of 14 Tests, already hardened by a tour of Australia, upon which he declined to be overawed by the likes of Ricky Ponting downwards, was outwitting opponents 10 years his senior.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
She was much sweeter when she thought she was outwitting him.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
For you in your folly have not seen that I was outwitting you.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
It was a keen pleasure to feel that she was outwitting Drummond when, as some apparently insurmountable difficulty arose, she would overcome it.
From Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
