Associations to the word «Outwit»

Wiktionary

OUTWIT, verb. (transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.

Dictionary definition

OUTWIT, verb. Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors".

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