Outwit
verb
To get the better of someone by being clever or cunning.
She managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in the forest.
Often appears as...
- outwit an opponent
- outwit in a game
verb
To get the better of someone by being clever or cunning.
She managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in the forest.
Often appears as...
- outwit an opponent
- outwit in a game
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Strategic Thinking
Outwit involves planning and strategy, often in competitive scenarios.
During the chess match, Tanya outwitted her opponent with a surprise move.
Pro Tip 2/3Clever Trickery
Using intelligence to deceive or surprise someone.
The general outwitted the enemy with a clever feint.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Superiority
Implies being smarter than someone else.
She outwitted her classmates in the debate competition.
Pro Tip 1/3Strategic Thinking
Outwit involves planning and strategy, often in competitive scenarios.
During the chess match, Tanya outwitted her opponent with a surprise move.
Pro Tip 2/3Clever Trickery
Using intelligence to deceive or surprise someone.
The general outwitted the enemy with a clever feint.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Superiority
Implies being smarter than someone else.
She outwitted her classmates in the debate competition.
Pro Tip 1/3Strategic Thinking
Outwit involves planning and strategy, often in competitive scenarios.
During the chess match, Tanya outwitted her opponent with a surprise move.
Pro Tip 2/3Clever Trickery
Using intelligence to deceive or surprise someone.
The general outwitted the enemy with a clever feint.
Pro Tip 3/3Mental Superiority
Implies being smarter than someone else.
She outwitted her classmates in the debate competition.
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An anti-hero of one's...
to return to conformity with the masses. No heroic triumph here, no brave individual standing up against impersonal institutions of a modern world, inspiring others to fight, or resourcefully outwitting and outgunning the massive army of the evil empire. Our storytelling ancestors calmed our fears of powerlessness
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Why elephants never...
sometimes even outwitting the researchers and manipulating their partners. And they've grasped basic arithmetic, keeping track of the relative amounts of fruit in two baskets after multiple changes. The rare combination of memory and problem solving can explain some of elephants' most clever behaviors,
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The amazing brains and...
Now, if you look at that, there's actually one of those little satellite brains and the equivalent of the spinal cord for each of the eight arms. This is a very unusual way to construct a nervous system in a body. Well, what is that brain good for? That brain has to outwit other big, smart brains
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Chimps Hunting in Trees...
their next meal monkeys but colobus monkeys are worthy adversaries able to stand their ground against predatory primates almost four times their size to try and outwit their pursuers the colobus lure the chimps higher and higher into the trees where the smaller
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How to make your writing...
and they have yet to get old. The Commedia rule for creating comic characters is find the flaw, then play it up. Or you can try playing with opposites. When the smartest guy in the room does the stupidest thing, or the doofus outwits the brainiac,
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The art forger who...
and even today verification of a painting’s authenticity relies on the assessment of art specialists. So it’s a matter of their subjective judgment— as well as their reputation. And this is where van Meegeren truly outwitted the art world.
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Magnificent Whale...
tail going absolutely crazy with tail slaps he's heading out he's heading away our gutsy sea lion hasn't been fooled he's using his superior maneuverability to outwit the orca
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Animals Being Bros PIPE BBC...
It's not just mum that's clever, even the ducklings seem to be outwitting her. They bob up for air at exactly the moment that the young wolf is looking the other way.
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The Raven: Stealing,...
it becomes a quick-witted game of counter-strategy and deception as agent and counter-agent try to outwit each other
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The Lost Wolf PIPE White...
it's not just mum that's clever even the ducklings seem to be outwitting they bob up for air at exactly the
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An anti-hero of one's...
to return to conformity with the masses. No heroic triumph here, no brave individual standing up against impersonal institutions of a modern world, inspiring others to fight, or resourcefully outwitting and outgunning the massive army of the evil empire. Our storytelling ancestors calmed our fears of powerlessness
Video examples
Why elephants never...
sometimes even outwitting the researchers and manipulating their partners. And they've grasped basic arithmetic, keeping track of the relative amounts of fruit in two baskets after multiple changes. The rare combination of memory and problem solving can explain some of elephants' most clever behaviors,
Video examples
The amazing brains and...
Now, if you look at that, there's actually one of those little satellite brains and the equivalent of the spinal cord for each of the eight arms. This is a very unusual way to construct a nervous system in a body. Well, what is that brain good for? That brain has to outwit other big, smart brains
Video examples
Chimps Hunting in Trees...
their next meal monkeys but colobus monkeys are worthy adversaries able to stand their ground against predatory primates almost four times their size to try and outwit their pursuers the colobus lure the chimps higher and higher into the trees where the smaller
Video examples
How to make your writing...
and they have yet to get old. The Commedia rule for creating comic characters is find the flaw, then play it up. Or you can try playing with opposites. When the smartest guy in the room does the stupidest thing, or the doofus outwits the brainiac,
Video examples
The art forger who...
and even today verification of a painting’s authenticity relies on the assessment of art specialists. So it’s a matter of their subjective judgment— as well as their reputation. And this is where van Meegeren truly outwitted the art world.
Video examples
Magnificent Whale...
tail going absolutely crazy with tail slaps he's heading out he's heading away our gutsy sea lion hasn't been fooled he's using his superior maneuverability to outwit the orca
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Animals Being Bros PIPE BBC...
It's not just mum that's clever, even the ducklings seem to be outwitting her. They bob up for air at exactly the moment that the young wolf is looking the other way.
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The Raven: Stealing,...
it becomes a quick-witted game of counter-strategy and deception as agent and counter-agent try to outwit each other
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The Lost Wolf PIPE White...
it's not just mum that's clever even the ducklings seem to be outwitting they bob up for air at exactly the
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
Once we no longer have the intellectual upper hand, then we quite literally, by definition, cannot outwit our successors. So unless we are absolutely sure that the machines we are building right now are not going to eventually become our new robot overlords, prudence is called for.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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John Burroughs
American Author
Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense mechanisms built up through eons of exposure to potential pathogens.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.
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E. B. White
American Writer
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Wrestling is different from other sports. It is not just about physical strength. It is more of a mind game as during matches we have to read the mind of opponents and outwit them.
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Larry Fitzgerald
American Athlete
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.
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Minna Antrim
American Writer
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
Once we no longer have the intellectual upper hand, then we quite literally, by definition, cannot outwit our successors. So unless we are absolutely sure that the machines we are building right now are not going to eventually become our new robot overlords, prudence is called for.
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense mechanisms built up through eons of exposure to potential pathogens.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.
Quote examples
E. B. White
American Writer
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
Quote examples
Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Wrestling is different from other sports. It is not just about physical strength. It is more of a mind game as during matches we have to read the mind of opponents and outwit them.
Quote examples
Larry Fitzgerald
American Athlete
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.
Quote examples
Minna Antrim
American Writer
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
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