Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To be more foolish than.

  2. (transitive)To outwit

Origin

From out- + fool.

From out- + fool.

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Forms

outfools, outfooling, outfooled, outfooled
Base formoutfool · to outfool
3rd person singularoutfools
Present participleoutfooling
Past simpleoutfooled
Past participleoutfooled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutfool
he, she, itoutfools

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutfooled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outfooled
he, she, ithas outfooled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outfool

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outfitB2outflowoutgooutgrowB2outhouse

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