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to get the better of through cleverness
  • an inexpensive security system that would likely be outsmarted by anyone with a serious interest in circumventing it

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The first known use of outsmart was in 1924

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“Outsmart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsmart. Accessed 27 Nov. 2021.

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