outgeneral

Example Sentences

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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

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

But possibly we can think up some way to outgeneral him.”

From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 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