verb
- to deceive or outwit someone by using a trick or stratagem that is more clever than theirs
Usage: transitive verb; informal
Examples
- She outtricks her opponents by pretending to move left before going right.
- The magician outtricks the audience with an elaborate sleight of hand.
- He tried to outtricks me, but I saw through his scheme.
- The chess player outtricks his rival with an unexpected sacrifice.
- They outtricks the security system by finding a hidden entrance.
- She outtricks the con artist at his own game.