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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 Naylor, H. R.

There were many signs, and I had to be always on the lookout to outgeneral them.

From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis

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.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

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 Musick, John R. (John Roy)

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

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

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

A month ago, and it seemed that Austria had outgeneraled Prussia, and made herself absolute mistress of Germany, and was in a fair way to become ruler from the Rhine to the Alps.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

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

The Hotchkiss case was a foregone victory for him, and his own desires chimed with Joseph's arguments, even while he felt himself outgeneralled.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

He was mad with love of her, with rage at his own mistake, with shame at being so outgeneralled.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

Cornwallis, who had gone to bed expecting to make short work of Washington in the morning, saw himself fairly outgeneralled.

From The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Drake, Samuel Adams

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

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