outgeneral
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To outgeneral a dog-fancier was a tribute to his shrewdness; to save two hundred dollars on a single purchase was economy of a high order.
From The Auction Block by Rex Ellingwood Beach
We resolve now and here to outgeneral circumstances.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
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 Charles Kingsley
From the description it was Berghoff, the spy of a powerful European nation whose ambition it is to outgeneral all other powers on the sea.
From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by John Henry Goldfrap
Terrence assured him that he would yet aid him to outgeneral the Englishman, and he only wished that he might come into port during their stay.
From Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established by John R. (John Roy) Musick
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
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
How completely the enemy had been outgeneraled was evident in the positions of Eisenhower's armies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everybody outgeneraled, duped, and defeated and himself free as air.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
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 smile was that of the conquering hero, outgeneraling in retreat allied forces outnumbering his small army a thousand times.
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
"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 Cornelius Weygandt
By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."
From Time Magazine Archive
When morning dawned the natives, to their dismay, found that they had been outgeneralled.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
He had been outfought, outmanoeuvred, outflanked, and outgeneralled!
From For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution by Cyrus Townsend Brady
The Thebans had been outgeneralled, and were dismayed by the result.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
It was a very clever ruse, and Campos, whose headquarters were then in Santa Clara realized that he had been outgeneralled.
From Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future by Arthur D. Hall
He is a master tactician, and wins most of his matches by outgeneralling the other player.
From The Art of Lawn Tennis by William (Bill) Tatem Tilden
