outgeneral
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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
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
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
Well, as anybody at the Drones will tell you, Bertram Wooster is a pretty hard chap to outgeneral.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
But possibly we can think up some way to outgeneral him.”
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap
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
Outnumbered, outgunned, outgeneraled, and easily outfought, the rebels in Sumatra last week were pushed to the wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Big Bill" was seriously extended and outgeneraled by Richards during four smashing sets.
From Time Magazine Archive
How completely the enemy had been outgeneraled was evident in the positions of Eisenhower's armies.
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 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
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 Stanley J. Weyman
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
He would not own that he had been outgeneralled.
From Laid up in Lavender by Stanley J. Weyman
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 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
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