outwit
verb
out·wit
ˌau̇t-ˈwit 
outwitted; outwitting
1
: to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart
2
archaic
: to surpass in wisdom
Examples of outwit in a Sentence
The fox managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in a tree.
They thought they had outwitted the new teacher.
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Ben Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Knowles, Alex O’Connor—these are professional debaters capable of outwitting and outreasoning almost any audience member unfamiliar with traditional debate techniques, regardless of the topic or claim being considered.
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Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
The irony was that the filmmaking team did this by going small: the third act of that 2013 movie as newly penned by Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard famously featured a much quieter and more intimate ending in which Pitt walks carefully to outwit a single zombie.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
And those three will still have to outwit the likes of Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Chris Bailey, who have proven themselves on the qualifying stage.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
My orchids can outwit other life forms, and so can my Venus flytrap (currently choking on a common house fly).
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
The irony was that the filmmaking team did this by going small: the third act of that 2013 movie as newly penned by Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard famously featured a much quieter and more intimate ending in which Pitt walks carefully to outwit a single zombie.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
And those three will still have to outwit the likes of Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Chris Bailey, who have proven themselves on the qualifying stage.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
My orchids can outwit other life forms, and so can my Venus flytrap (currently choking on a common house fly).
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for outwit
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“Outwit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outwit. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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