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/owt'play"/, v.t.to play better than.[1640-50; OUT- + PLAY]
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Outplay — Out*play , v. t. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
outplay — index beat (defeat), surpass Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
outplay — ► VERB ▪ play better than … English terms dictionary
outplay — [out΄plā′] vt. to play better than … English World dictionary
outplay — UK [ˌaʊtˈpleɪ] / US [aʊtˈpleɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms outplay : present tense I/you/we/they outplay he/she/it outplays present participle outplaying past tense outplayed past participle outplayed to play much better than your opponent in a… … English dictionary
outplay — verb To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball … Wiktionary
outplay — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overcome, surpass, beat; see defeat 1 , exceed … English dictionary for students
outplay — out|play [autˈpleı] v [T] to beat an opponent in a game by playing with more skill than they do … Dictionary of contemporary English
outplay — out|play [ aut pleı ] verb transitive to play much better than your opponent in a sport … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
outplay — [[t]a͟ʊtple͟ɪ[/t]] outplays, outplaying, outplayed VERB In sports, if one person or team outplays an opposing person or team, they play much better than their opponents. [V n] We outplayed the Australians... [V n] He was outplayed by the Swedish… … English dictionary
