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outmanoeuvre


  • v  defeat by more skillful maneuvering
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  • Guus Hiddink in Telegraph.co.uk
    I got Robben as a youngster and he improved a lot from an upcoming young player who was a little bit innocent, to an adult player within two years,said Hiddink. "He can outmanoeuvre easily a player in a one-on-one and he can do that from...
  • Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in AllAfrica.com
    Nobody pulls out of elections if he thinks he can win,said Cde Mumbengegwi. "He is trying to outmanoeuvre after seeing on the ground that he will not win. These elections will take place and we will have a smashing victory"
  • Wyndham Lewis in Irish Times
    We had to pay his Irish pride,wrote Lewis. "That was it. He would not let us off. He was entirely unrelenting and we found it impossible to outmanoeuvre him."

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