How to Use outwit in a Sentence

outwit

verb
Definition of outwitnext
Synonyms for outwitnext
  • The fox managed to outwit the hunter by hiding in a tree.
  • The story goes that the physicists knew the optimal strategy to outwit any casino game: don't play.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Alas, Kendall doesn't quite have the brains to outwit his father.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2019
  • And for some shoppers, there’s a thrill in outwitting the stores.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
  • Were the good guys the amateur traders uniting to outwit the pros?
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • He's got two weapons in his bag of fishing tricks to outwit these light biters.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
    — Longreads, 15 May 2018
  • But this is a tale of survival, not woe, and Michael and his wife Tanya Trotter have the cunning and courage to outwit the devil.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Stevens, a former black-ops soldier with Wakandan ties who seeks to both outwit and beat down T’Challa for the crown.
    — Jamil Smith, TIME.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The bad news: If Trump falls for his own hype, he may be outwitted by a showman who can best him at this game.
    — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
  • To dislodge dug-in troops is harder than to outwit an invader out in the open.
    — Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But if there are games, there must be a games master, and Arisu is determined to outwit him (or her).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Along with her guide, a drifter named Boyce, Gray is sent to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, where the pair must outwit and outfight man and demon.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The soil is the same way -- the bad actors are outnumbered and usually outwitted by the good ones.
    — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Many kids in Central Dauphin grew up watching the clever mouse outwit the cartoon cat in Tom & Jerry.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 19 July 2021
  • To find it, however, Luffy must find a crew, search the seas and outwit treacherous rivals along the way.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
  • The best way to outwit your children is to make sure their devices run the latest system software.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Ella of Frell must outwit a litany of evil forces to discover her own agency.
    — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Stevenson will find the end zone a couple of times as White did back then, Belichick will again outwit his 2003 draft pick Kingsbury, and yes, Folk will have to win the thing.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Every night, once his wife went to bed, Carpenter drank coffee, chewed Nicorette, and schemed about ways to outwit the hackers.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • In this fast-moving comedy, the wives outwit the fat knight while many wooers pursue the lovely Anne Page.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Other thieves have outwitted armed guards and alarm systems or cut through an airport fence or to seize their loot.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 4 Oct. 2016
  • Stranded, stalked, and soon to be mauled, the Samuels family must find a way to outwit the lion and make their way back to civilization.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In 1996, Ghostface was able to outwit everyone with cell phones and voice changers.
    — Medea Giordano, Wired, 30 Oct. 2021
  • And there's a brand-new tribe of stars checking into The White Lotus, ready to outwit, outplay, and outlast their rivals.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family’s race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Replays revealed the play to be a textbook situation in which Arias was outwitted, missed the ball, and caught Gil.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • Izquierdo then tore through the Arsenal defence, outwitting Mustafi before launching a shot from the edge of the area just wide of Čech's near-post.
    — SI.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Max was having little success trying to outwit the walleye, perch, bass and trout when a friendly, young man named Tyler stepped up to help.
    — Wendy Pramik, USA TODAY, 25 July 2019
  • In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, commentators often portrayed the governments of such states as lethargic bureaucracies outwitted by light-footed rebels.
    — Thomas Hegghammer, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021

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