outwit
verbUK, US /aʊtˈwɪt/
Etymology From out- + wit.
1
To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
- But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii:
- Synonyms
- outfox, outguess, outsmart, overreach, circumvent