MEANING
To defeat or bypass an opponent through superior positioning or strategy.
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Words that belong together
- outmaneuver a rival
- outmaneuver opposition
On the page
She outmaneuvered the committee by securing support beforehand.
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Word forms
- Base
- outmaneuver
- Past tense
- outmaneuvered
- Past participle
- outmaneuvered
- Present participle
- outmaneuvering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- outmaneuver
- Present continuous
- am/is/are outmaneuvering
- Present perfect
- have/has outmaneuvered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been outmaneuvering
- Past
- outmaneuvered
- Past continuous
- was/were outmaneuvering
- Past perfect
- had outmaneuvered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been outmaneuvering
- Future
- will outmaneuver
- Future continuous
- will be outmaneuvering
- Future perfect
- will have outmaneuvered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been outmaneuvering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: outmaneuver; outmaneuvers; outmaneuvered; outmaneuvered; outmaneuvering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: outmaneuvers.
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