Reverse Dictionary: OUTWIT

ADJECTIVES
► BEDONE outwitted → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLUMMOXED ► FLUMMOXED UP confused, let down, outwitted → M19 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► PUSH-OVER a gullible person; a dupe; one who is easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered → 1907 colloq., orig. US

 VERBS
► ACE ► ACE OUT to outwit; to gain an advantage over → 1960 Amer. sl.
► BEST to outwit, to outdo, to get the better of → 1863 colloq.
► BE STONKERED to be outwitted → c1918 Aust. sl.
► CROSSBITE to bite the biter; to cheat in return; to cheat by outwitting; to ‘take in’, to gull, to deceive → c1555 obs.
► EAT ONE’S LUNCH to best someone; to defeat, to outwit or win against someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► EUCHRE ► EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick → 1853 Amer. dial.
► FLUX to cozen, to cheat, to outwit → L18 sl.
► GET A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit → 1600 sl.
► GET UNDER SOMEONE’S NECK to defeat or outwit someone → 1953 Aust. sl.
► GREEN ► GREEN ON ► GREEN OUT to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit → 1887 Amer. dial.
► HAVE to get the better of, to outwit, to take in, to cheat or deceive → 1805 sl.
► HAVE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE THE LAUGH OF SOMEONE to outdo, to outwit someone → 20C Brit. colloq.
► HEAD to surpass, to outdo, to excel; to outwit, to get the better of → 1711
► MAKE A PERSON’S BEARD to outwit or delude a person → c1410 obs.
► OFREDE to outdo in counsel; to outwit → c1275 obs.
► OUT-DUGAN to outwit, to get the better of, to cheat → 1923 Amer. dial.
► OUTSHARP to outwit → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OUTSLICK to outwit, to outsmart → 1941 African-American sl.
► OUT YANKEE to outwit or get the better of, esp. in trading → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POT to deceive, to outwit → M16
► RAMP to outwit; to cheat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAVEL to nonplus, to bamboozle, to outwit → 1931 Sc.
► SHOW A TRICK to outwit, to fool, to deceive → 1982 NZ sl.
► STONKER to render useless; to put of action, to thwart; also, to kill, to destroy; to defeat or outwit → 1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TAFFLE to puzzle, to bamboozle, to outwit → 1950 Sc.
► TAKE A FALL OUT OF to defeat or outwit; to get the better of → 1900 Aust. & US sl.
► TAKE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit → a1850 sl.
► TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defraud, to outwit and otherwise remove all of a victim’s assets in a wager, by extortion, or by similar legal or illegal means → 1920s sl.
► TOSS to outwit → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TRY IT ON to outwit or deceive someone → 1811 sl.
► UPSTAGE to outwit, to win or be superior to another person → L19 US theatrical sl.