outgeneral
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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 H. R. Naylor
For two or three days and nights they managed to outgeneral all their adversaries, and succeeded bravely in making the best of their way to a Free State.
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
Lincoln's friend in Kansas, instead of securing that delegation for him, had suffered the Seward men to outgeneral him, and the prospects were by no means flattering.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by William H. Herndon
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 Francis Lynde
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
At every turn King outgeneraled Montgomery's white officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
She got outgeneraled and outfought by Shirley Fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Outnumbered, outgunned, outgeneraled, and easily outfought, the rebels in Sumatra last week were pushed to the wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Brandywine especially, Washington is supposed to have been "outgeneraled, more outgeneraled than in any action during the war."
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
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 Cornelius Weygandt
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
By the spring of 1942, Slim admits, "we, the Allies, had been outmanoeuvred, outfought, and outgeneralled."
From Time Magazine Archive
Prevost, although he had a strong party and fought a most desperate battle, nevertheless was outnumbered, outgeneralled, and most completely overpowered.
From The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself by de Witt C. Peters
In 422 he was sent to recapture Amphipolis, but was outgeneralled by Brasidas and killed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
The British commanders had been outgeneralled, attacked and defeated.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
Cecil was a bright, pretty, wilful girl, and he liked her, yet he had a strong feeling of being outgeneralled.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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
