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third-person singular simple present outplays, present participle outplaying, simple past and past participle outplayed
(transitive) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than. quotations examples
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.
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