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outsmarted

outsmarted is the simple past and past participle of outsmart.

Meaning of outsmart

Verb

outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)

  1. (transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
    • Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021
    Synonyms:
    outfox, outguess, outwit

Questions about outsmarted

What is outsmarted the simple past and past participle of?
Outsmarted is the simple past and past participle of outsmart.

Words near outsmarted in the dictionary

  1. outslut
  2. outsluts
  3. outslutted
  4. outslutting
  5. outsmart
  6. outsmarted
  7. outsmarter
  8. outsmarters
  9. outsmarting
  10. outsmartings
  11. outsmarts

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