beating someone at their own game
beating someone at their own game is the present participle and gerund of beat someone at their own game.
Meaning of beat someone at their own game
Verb
beat someone at their own game (third-person singular simple present beats someone at their own game, present participle beating someone at their own game, simple past beat someone at their own game, past participle beaten someone at their own game or (colloquial) beat someone at their own game)
- To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.
Questions about beating someone at their own game
- What is beating someone at their own game the present participle and gerund of?
- Beating someone at their own game is the present participle and gerund of beat someone at their own game.
Words near beating someone at their own game in the dictionary
- beating one's head against a stone wall
- beating one's meat
- beating one's swords into ploughshares
- beating one's swords into plowshares
- beating out
- beating someone at their own game
- beating someone round the ears
- beating someone's arse
- beating someone's ass
- beating someone's brains out
- beating someone's time
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