outgeneral

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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.

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 Goldfrap, John Henry

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 Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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 Herndon, William H.