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outmaneuver

outmaneuver verb: american standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.

Verb

outmaneuver (third-person singular simple present outmaneuvers, present participle outmaneuvering, simple past and past participle outmaneuvered)

  1. American standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
    • Her banter with Cruise comes with wily amusement. She’s not intimidated by him; in fact, she matches him beat for beat and when the action moves to that long car chase scene she actually outmaneuvers him.2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club

Forms of outmaneuver

third-person singular presentoutmaneuvers
present participleoutmaneuvering
past participleoutmaneuvered
pastoutmaneuvered

Origin of outmaneuver

From out- + maneuver.

Questions about outmaneuver

What does outmaneuver mean?
Outmaneuver means american standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
What part of speech is outmaneuver?
Outmaneuver is a verb.
What is the past tense of outmaneuver?
The past tense of outmaneuver is outmaneuvered.

Words near outmaneuver in the dictionary

  1. outman
  2. outmanage
  3. outmanaged
  4. outmanages
  5. outmanaging
  6. outmaneuver
  7. outmaneuvered
  8. outmaneuvering
  9. outmaneuvers
  10. outmaneuvre
  11. outmaneuvred

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