outwit
verb (used with object)
to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart.
were 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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And I was such an inexperienced child that I did not in the least understand how you were outwitting me.
From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
