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Examples of outfox in a Sentence
the prisoners outfoxed the guards by tunneling beneath the prison walls
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Veteran diplomats are particularly concerned that Trump, who is new to diplomacy, will be outfoxed and outplayed by the former KGB agent.—
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Lampson had to stand on his head in the extra time periods of the match just to get Chicago to penalty kicks against FC Cincinnati – and then he still got outfoxed in penalties and lost in the end.
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In American health care, profit is the primary motivation, the industry outfoxes every attempt to rein in costs, and consumers are the victims of predatory practices.
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Take what comes with an open heart but don’t try to outfox the markets.
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But the desire to reclaim never-ending shelves of land, farther and farther into the sea, will inevitably be outfoxed by physics.
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Give us a psychological profile—and explain how and why Yamamoto outfoxed his opponent.
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Now the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the inheritor of the group that outfoxed Barnum’s, is opening a new commemorative garden on the spot after further years of archaeological exploration.
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Bravo Platoon was standing firm in the north, but it had been outfoxed.
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First Known Use of outfox
1872
OUTFOX Defined for English Language Learners
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: to defeat or trick (someone) by being more intelligent or clever
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