outfox

Verb

Verb Forms: outfoxed, outfoxing, outfoxes

• To outwit someone; to be more clever or cunning than another.
• outdo someone in trickery
• beat through cleverness and wit
  • "She outfoxed her competitors"
• To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.

Examples

• His strategic use of blanks allowed him to outfox his Scrabble opponent and secure victory.

Synonyms

beat, circumvent, outsmart, outwit, overreach, outguess, outmaneuver, outslick, outthink