outplayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈpleɪ/
• 韻: -eɪ

動詞

outplay (三人称単数 現在形 outplays, 現在分詞 outplaying, 過去形および過去分詞形 outplayed)

1. (transitive) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.

   We were outplayed at tennis, but we outplayed them at football.

   • 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^[1]:

     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.

アナグラム

• play out, playout