outmaˈnœuvre, -ver, v.
[out- 18.]
trans. To outdo in manœuvring; to get the better of by superior strategy.
| 1799 Sir T. Troubridge 18 May in Nicolas Disp. Nelson (1845) III. 357 note, I will out-manœuvre him there and push him hard too. 1833 Marryat P. Simple xlvi, I mean to fight these fellows under sail, and out-manœuvre them, if I can. 1837 New Monthly Mag. L. 204 He contrived to outmanœuvre all her manœuvres. |