outfox, v.
(aʊtˈfɒks)
[f. out- 18 b + fox v. 2 c.]
trans. To outdo in deception or cunning; to outwit.
| 1962 K. Orvis Damned & Destroyed xii. 81 He finally out-foxed himself. 1965 C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) ii. 54 Pozas was no fool. Perhaps he had even out⁓foxed them. 1965 R. Sheckley Game of X (1966) xix. 133 We have outfoxed Forster at every turn, and we shall out⁓fox him now for the final time. 1973 J. Jones Touch of Danger lvi. 320, I guess you've got the drop on me... You outfoxed me. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 19 June 6/5 As one Republican National Committee official put it: ‘The Ford people have no right to be bitter. They were just out-foxed, outmaneuvered, and out-organized.’ |