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Definition of Outplay
1. Verb. Excel or defeat in a game. "Sam cannot outplay Sue "; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers"
Definition of Outplay
1. v. t. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.
Definition of Outplay
1. Verb. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outplay
1. to excel or defeat in a game [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outplay
Literary usage of Outplay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by Henry Ward Beecher (1864)
"There is too much of them; they are too wide-awake, and there must be some outplay;
and, since there is no legitimate outplay, since there are no regular ..."
2. Brunetière's Essays in French Literature by Ferdinand Brunetière (1898)
"... Elmire was enough to outplay the plans of Tartufe, as it was enough for Agnes
to be instructed by nature to be able to outplay the politics of Arnolphe. ..."
3. The Art of Story-writing by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Davoren Molony Chambers (1919)
""You know yourself that Jordan can outplay me, sir!" 40. " I know it? I know
nothing of the sort. Look at yourself! Look at your weight and your build! ..."
4. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
"I kin outguess, outrun, outfight, and outplay de whole lot o' dem all ovah de
board any time o' de day or night! Yo' watch me! ..."
5. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"torture over doing always the wrong thing while seeing the right, self-disgust
that his lady's other lovers can outplay him, that any fool can seize the ..."
6. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1920)
"One, long discarded by the better golfers, is to try to outplay each stroke of
your opponent. The other is to forget all about your opponent and strive for ..."
7. The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith (1919)
"... schemed, made overtures, threatened, was ignored, rebuffed, snubbed and cajoled,
fancied he could outplay or buy the astute and hostile Alaman, ..."
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