Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To surpass (another) in cleverness or cunning; outsmart.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive to beat in a competition of wits
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To defeat or gain an advantage over (an antagonist) by clever stratagems; to outwit; to outmaneuver; to outsmart.
WordNet 3.0
- v. beat through cleverness and wit
- v. outdo someone in trickery
Etymologies
- out- + fox (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This hasn't faded: he jibed in his most recent interview that he always aims to "outfox the media.”
“It was just a game and they needed to outfox Clementi to get to the next level.”
The Huffington Post: Sandip Roy: Tyler Clementi and the Eye of the Webcam
“For now, I think it'll be interesting to see these two try to outfox each other.”
“A group of about 12 youth leaders, including Mr. Karim, met secretly over the course of two weeks to figure out how to plot a demonstration that would outfox security forces.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Brothers' in Egypt Present Two Faces
“In addition to Overstock, J.C. Penney has also been penalized for supposedly leveraging "black hat" techniques such as connecting to "link farms" whose sole purpose is to outfox Internet search engines.”
The Huffington Post: Inder Sidhu: The Worst SEO Mistake You Can Make
“She showed how a woman walking alone could hide behind it to outfox a potential attacker.”
A Dress that Transforms into a Coke Machine to Ward Off Attackers | Impact Lab
“But the CIA already had Lovick and some 200 scientists, engineers and pilots working at Area 51 on the A-12 OXCART, which would outfox Soviet radar using height, stealth and speed.”
The Road to Area 51: After Decades of Denyial, Five Former Insiders Speak Out | Impact Lab
“In the battle between carbon and silicon sentience, he believes Homo sapiens will always be able to outfox the machines.”
The Huffington Post: Seth Shostak: Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the World
“In both cases, the bigger vendor was able to outfox its smaller competitor.”
“Karen Ignagni is not tricky enough to outfox us with her “objective reporting” of how the insurance industry has been wronged.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘outfox’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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And another
retrocausality, brusque, gainsay, cheerio, jaundiced, chamois, caw, craw, fudge, bubbler, shebang, bolo and 244 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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beastly verbs
someone must already have this list?
squirrel away, worm it out of so..., pony up, fish for compliments, weasel out, badger, outfox, horse around, hound, cow, chicken out, goose and 99 more...
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Animalia Wordia
Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.
paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...
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Outta Here
outfox, outrage, outlandish, outdo, outrigger, outrun, outstretch, outbid, outcry, outtake, output, outrank and 49 more...
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