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outclever

outclever verb: to outsmart.

Verb

outclever (third-person singular simple present outclevers, present participle outclevering, simple past and past participle outclevered)

  1. (informal, rare, transitive) To outsmart.

Forms of outclever

third-person singular presentoutclevers
present participleoutclevering
past participleoutclevered
pastoutclevered

Origin of outclever

From out- + clever.

Questions about outclever

What does outclever mean?
Outclever means to outsmart.
What part of speech is outclever?
Outclever is a verb.
What is the past tense of outclever?
The past tense of outclever is outclevered.

Words near outclever in the dictionary

  1. outclassing
  2. outclearing
  3. outclearing book
  4. outclearing books
  5. outclearings
  6. outclever
  7. outclevered
  8. outclevering
  9. outclevers
  10. outclimb
  11. outclimbed

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