Meaning

1 senses

  1. To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.

    beat through cleverness and wit

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You can't outfox him.

    soliloquist · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Can you outfox a fox?

    ruТы можешь перехитрить хитреца? — odexed

    deKann man füchsischer sein als ein Fuchs? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    memries · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

outfoxes, outfoxing, outfoxed, outfoxed
Base formoutfox · to outfox
3rd person singularoutfoxes
Present participleoutfoxing
Past simpleoutfoxed
Past participleoutfoxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutfox
he, she, itoutfoxes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutfoxed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outfox

Synonyms

9 synonyms
outwitoutthinkoutmaneuveroutguessoutslickoverreach
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoutfoxer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outfitB2outflowoutgooutgrowB2outhouse

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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