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outfox

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·fox /aʊtˈfɒks $ -ˈfɑːks/ verb [transitive]  BEAT/DEFEATto gain an advantage over someone by using your intelligence 智胜,〔在计谋上〕比棋高一着 SYN outsmart→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
outfoxUrquhart is a manipulative murderer who could outfox Machiavelli, while Richardson seems utterly guileless.So far Hutchinson has managed to outfox police.Electrical engineers get paid well to outfox the lateral causality inherent in all circuits.They emerged north of the Absaroke Mountains, having brilliantly outfoxed their pursuers once more.It is about trying to outfox your opponent.
out·fox verbChineseSyllable
Corpus to advantage over by an gain someone


outfox
outfox /aʊtˈfɒks $ -ˈfɑːks/ verb [transitive]
to gain an advantage over someone by using your intelligence
   SYN  outsmart


out·foxBrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːks/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they outfox BrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒks/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːks/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it outfoxes BrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒksɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːksɪz/ 🔊past simple outfoxed BrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒkst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːkst/ 🔊past participle outfoxed BrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒkst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːkst/ 🔊 -ing form outfoxing BrE /ˌaʊtˈfɒksɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈfɑːksɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to gain an advantage over sb by being more clever than they are 以智力胜过(或超过) SYN outwit