outplay

English

Etymology

out- +‎ play

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

outplay (third-person singular simple present outplays, present participle outplaying, simple past and past participle outplayed)

1. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.

   We were outplayed at tennis, but we outplayed them at football.

   • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     When Littlefinger really starts to bare his teeth, talking about a game he plays where he assumes the worst of people’s intentions, I started to hope the producers had outplayed us one last time, and that he was aware they were trying to play him.

Anagrams

• play out, playout