outwit

They trick themselves into believing they will outwit the game and win to a future, leaving the other animals to the darkness of the grave or the annihilating heats of the crematory.

Long ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat.

Clattering with diction and dice, I outwit the solemn assistants: all those stern watchers, shall my will and purpose elude.

Of course, they could squirm as they perished, as the socialists squirmed, as the speaker on the platform and the perspiring crowd were squirming even now as they counselled together for some new device with which to minimize the penalties of living and outwit the Cosmos.

The constant study of the rival bands is to forestall and outwit each other; to supplant each other in the good will and custom of the Indian tribes; to cross each other's plans; to mislead each other as to routes; in a word, next to his own advantage, the study of the Indian trader is the disadvantage of his competitor.

However, he finally persuaded Usanga to bide his time for a few more days of instruction, but in the suspicious mind of the Negro there was a growing conviction that the white man's advice was prompted by some ulterior motive; that it was in the hope of escaping with the machine himself by night that he refused to admit that Usanga was entirely capable of handling it alone and therefore in no further need of help or instruction, and so in the mind of the black there formed a determination to outwit the white man.

He reluctantly departs, but his wrongs weigh upon his spirit, and by-and-by when an opportunity comes to redress them, he outwits Mamma by a shrewd bargain.

Arthur, with the help of his friends Marriott and Moffatt, finally outwit the enemy agents.

The group, believed to be from the Cordilleras, reportedly entered through the septic tank drainage at the parking area to outwit the mall guards shortly before midnight.

The two Karachi outfits produced a stellar show to outwit their competitors displaying greater control, defence and scoring ability.

A new report reveals that young people are ditching older social media sites in droves in a bid to outwit mum and dad.

The dreaded Banker prowls its streets ooking for his next victim as Noel Edmonds and his Spook Squad try and outwit him in order to win more big money.