Associations to the word «Outplay»

Wiktionary

OUTPLAY, verb. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.

Dictionary definition

OUTPLAY, verb. Excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats