outfox

🇺🇸 /ˌaʊtˈfɑːks/ 🇬🇧 /ˌaʊtˈfɒks/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to be more clever or skillful than someone else, especially in a competition or contest

The detective managed to outfox the criminal by setting a clever trap.

translation

v. to be more clever or skillful than someone else, especially in a competition or contest

Word Forms

3rd Present outfoxes
Past outfoxed
Perfect outfoxed
Progressive outfoxing