outmaneuver

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verb

American standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.

Similar
outmanoeuvreoutsmart
OriginEnglish maneuver ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person outmaneuvers · participle present outmaneuvering · participle past outmaneuvered · past 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdefeat by more skillful maneuvering

Similar
outmanoeuvreoutsmart
Broader
outdooutflanktrump
Also see
outfoxoutmanoeuvreoutsmart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishmaneuver
  8. Englishoutmaneuver

From out- + maneuver.

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Cite this entry
APA

outmaneuver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmaneuver

MLA

“outmaneuver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmaneuver. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outmaneuver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmaneuver.

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