outthink

outthink
/owt'thingk"/, v.t., outthought, outthinking.
1. to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
2. to get the advantage of (someone) by quick or clever thinking; outwit: only a split second to outthink his opponent.
[1695-1705; OUT- + THINK1]

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