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Definition of Outplaying
1. outplay [v] - See also: outplay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outplaying
Literary usage of Outplaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"For now Ferry Hill was outplaying Hammond man for man, in spite of the fact that
what superiority there was in age and weight was with the rival team. ..."
2. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"The only means of outplaying these calculations is to be able to assure by
automobile the transport of all that is necessary to be able to attack ..."
3. A Journal of the Great War by Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865- (1921)
"The only means of outplaying these calculations is to be able to assure by
automobile the transport of all that is necessary to be able to attack ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"Now several of the enemy's guns failed to answer, and, as the fight went on, it
became evident that the Tamarind was outplaying her opponent at every turn. ..."
5. The Anglo-Saxon Review by Randolph Spencer Churchill (1901)
"... means that are not absolutely forbidden, he is just as ready to score off an
opponent by deliberately deceiving him as by outplaying him at his own game ..."
6. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1898)
"1. "Error" is perhaps unnecessarily technical; for the general reader try "misplay."—m.
Not finely enough discriminated in meaning ; try " outplaying." 3. ..."
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