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Well, as anybody at the Drones will tell you, Bertram Wooster is a pretty hard chap to outgeneral.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
But that he could outgeneral William, that he could even manage Gospatrick and his intrigues Hereward expected as little as that his own nephews Edwin and Morcar could do it.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles
He had spent four hundred dollars in recovering one third of the stolen money, and had suffered the thief to outgeneral him.
From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by Naylor, H. R.
We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
Then I saw an elderly gentleman pacing back and forth between two feminine chatterboxes, and trying to outgeneral the two happy people.
From A Romance in Transit by Lynde, Francis
I don't know when I have ever been as comprehensively and pleasurably outgeneraled as I am when I read Martin.
From Time ● Jul. 9, 2011
"Big Bill" was seriously extended and outgeneraled by Richards during four smashing sets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even while the issue remained in doubt, it was evident that the Japanese had outgeneraled the Allies.
From Time Magazine Archive
At every turn King outgeneraled Montgomery's white officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frank Sedley rather outgeneraled Tony, and his crew were more used to pulling than we.
From All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" by Optic, Oliver
Out-gunning and outgeneraling the U.S. players at every turn, Sedgman never let either of his opponents get really set, much less launch an attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The Building Fund" tells the story of the outgeneraling of grasping son and conniving daughter's daughter by a hard old woman of the strong farmer class in the west of Ireland.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius
The smile was that of the conquering hero, outgeneraling in retreat allied forces outnumbering his small army a thousand times.
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."
From Time Magazine Archive
On Howe's death, the campaign became a dismal failure for the British, Abercromby being outgeneralled at every point by Montcalm.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
As late as 1672, Adrian Van der Knoope commanded a ship under De Ruyter when he outgeneralled the English in Southwold Bay.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Blake was completely outgeneralled, and as Sir Hector had been fortunate enough to catch the speaker's eye first, there was no help for it.
From The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion by Pope, Joseph, Sir
Edward followed; but—his pupil in war as in politics—the young prince outgeneralled him at every point, and Simon only escaped at Newport by hurried flight across the river, burning the bridge behind him.
From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by Tilden, William (Bill) Tatem
