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Outwit

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

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Verb group 10

Crush 84% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crush 84% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shell 84% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Shell 84% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Trounce 84% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Trounce 84% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vanquish 84% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Vanquish 84% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outdo 76% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outgo 76% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outstrip 76% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Synonym 3

Beat 92% connected

of Beat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Circumvent 92% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overreach 92% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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