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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
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
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
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
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
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
She got outgeneraled and outfought by Shirley Fry.
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
The colonel had come into my office more than a month ago and said Grant had outgeneraled Pemberton, and would capture Vicksburg.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
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
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 Thebans had been outgeneralled, and were dismayed by the result.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Laura makes her adieus coldly, feeling outgeneralled by his evident determination not to be put down.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
In fact, he was outgeneralled by his pupil, Bismarck, even more signally than he had previously been outgeneralled by his former pupil, Cavour.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
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
