Lexic.us

Definition of Outfox

1. Verb. Outdo someone in trickery. "Sam cannot outfox Sue "

2. Verb. Beat through cleverness and wit. "Sam cannot outfox Sue "; "She outfoxed her competitors"

Definition of Outfox

1. Verb. (transitive) to beat in a competition of wits ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outfox

1. to outwit [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: outwit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outfox

outfluxing outfly outflying outfool outfooled outfooling outfools outfoot outfooted outfooting

outfoots outform outformation outfought outfound outfox (current term) outfoxed outfoxer outfoxes outfoxing

outframe outfrown outfrowned outfrowning outfrowns outfumble outfumbled outfumbles outfumbling

Literary usage of Outfox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"... it larger ships to his fleet to support his island activ- was a continual game of trying to outfox the ities, including a Navy LST (landing ship, ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... for stray parties, fell on defenceless outfox and pursued the conflict in a spirit of the most sanguinary determination. During this w»r, which lasted ..."

3. In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, Glenn McRae (2004)
"Louisa decided, upon the second sighting of a fox, that we were going to have to 'outfox the fox'. Josephine wanted to see a bear, but we never did. ..."

4. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians by William Wilberforce (1824)
"outfox i It is a truth which will hardly be contested, that Christianity, whenever it has at all prevailed, has raised the general standard of morals to a ..."

5. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"... at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Contents.— General Description oi Marine Machinery.—The Conditions of Service and outfox of Engineers of the ..."

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