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Definition of Outmaneuver
1. Verb. Defeat by more skillful maneuvering. "The fighter managed to outmaneuver his opponent"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"
Generic synonyms: Best, Outdo, Outflank, Scoop, Trump
Specialized synonyms: Outgeneral
Definition of Outmaneuver
1. v. t. To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.
Definition of Outmaneuver
1. Verb. (American English) To perform movements more adroitly or successfully. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outmaneuver
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outmaneuver
Literary usage of Outmaneuver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-earners by Samuel Peter Orth (1921)
"This early attempt to outmaneuver an economic law by a legal device was only the
prelude to a long series of labor laws which may be said to have culminated ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... or incomplete statement, which may be elaborated: description (contextual);
spec, draft, scheme, conspectus, sketch, minute, skeleton. outmaneuver, ..."
3. The Mirrors of Washington by Clinton Wallace Gilbert, Oscar Edward Cesare (1921)
"... immoral game in which the foreign players were always trying to outmaneuver
the virtuous and innocent American—he was provided with a political nurse, ..."
4. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"They opened fire too far away, they tried maneuver combat with the Zeke which
can outmaneuver them, and just got excited in their first show. ..."
5. The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil by Robert W. Tolf (1976)
"In the next few years Deterding was able to outmaneuver Samuel and establish the
clear and undisputed supremacy of Royal Dutch. The Englishman had several ..."
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