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outplay

[out-pley] / ˌaʊtˈpleɪ /






VERB
outperform
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We walked off in front of 85,000 people knowing we had been thoroughly outplayed.

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Wales responded by producing one of their greatest performances, thoroughly outplaying the World Cup semi-finalists in front of a raucous Cardiff City Stadium crowd.

From BBC

For England, they were completely outplayed but it does feel like a missed opportunity considering their dominant record against the Proteas, and that they had managed to avoid India or Australia.

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His team is full of talent and can now outplay sides in open play, keep clean sheets and, on top of that, they can score regularly from set-plays too.

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England's skillset was put under an intense microscope of scrutiny and criticism like never before after they were thoroughly outplayed by Australia last winter, but their attitude, fitness and professionalism was also in the spotlight.

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