Associations to the word «Outfox»

Wiktionary

OUTFOX, verb. (transitive) to beat in a competition of wits

Dictionary definition

OUTFOX, verb. Outdo someone in trickery.
OUTFOX, verb. Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats