Beat
Beat verb - Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
Usage example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
Outwit
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She's just a regular, Ordinary High-School Student with absolutely no military/combat training whatsoever, yet she still manages to outwit and beat up assassins and is always somehow involved in the counter-attack that takes place following her capture, whether or not it's in a combat role.
Source: Action Girl / Anime - On the other hand, with renewed training, he becomes a Badass Normal who manages to outwit or fairly beat four of the island's most powerful champions in a span of two days.
Source: Iron Woobie -
The fact that he just couldn't beat or even outwit Rey like he could most wrestlers drove Eddie to the breaking point where he would snap and turn on Rey and beat him down in the most gruesome, bloody way you could think.
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