outgeneral
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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 Rex Ellingwood Beach
There were many signs, and I had to be always on the lookout to outgeneral them.
From Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly
But possibly we can think up some way to outgeneral him.”
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap
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
When I met you today I at once knew it was all up with me unless I could outgeneral you—and I think I have.
From The Mystery of Monastery Farm by H. R. Naylor
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
At every turn King outgeneraled Montgomery's white officials.
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
Allard, quivering, radiant, found room to pity the outgeneraled and annihilated intriguer.
From The Game and the Candle by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
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
As late as 1672, Adrian Van der Knoope commanded a ship under De Ruyter when he outgeneralled the English in Southwold Bay.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"The staff reports," began the messages that awakened a world, retiring with the idea that the Browns were grimly holding the defensive, to the news that three millions had outgeneralled and defeated five.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
The British commanders had been outgeneralled, attacked and defeated.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
We believed that the answer lay entirely in the fact that we had been outgeneralled.
From A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley
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
