What does "outsmarting" mean?

An instance of somebody being outsmarted.

What is a synonym for "outsmarting"?

Common synonyms include: astute, astuteness, circumvention, clever, cleverness, cunning.

noun, verb

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Noun

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An instance of somebody being outsmarted.
"If I am five years old I perceive Bugs as a funny bunny with a unique voice and I appreciate his slapstick pie-in-the-face humor, especially his manipulations and outsmartings of Elmer Fudd, his arch nemesis."

Verb

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present participle and gerund of outsmart form-of, gerund, participle, present

"You may think that you are outsmarting the competition authorities but, in reality, you are doing harm to the consumer."