Outmanoeuvre
[,autmə'nu:və]
Definition
(v. t.) To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.
Inputed by Barnard
Examples
- For the present, at least, the women have outmanoeuvred us, and our only resource now is to wait till Sir Percival Glyde comes here on Monday next. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It should be so, otherwise the exquisite gratification of outmanoeuvring you would be unknown. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Nelly