VERB: "to get the better of" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to get the better of" Crossword Answer

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OUTFOX

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(verb)
1. defeat by more skillful maneuvering
2. beat through cleverness and wit

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

VERB (noun)
1. a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
2. the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
BETTER (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
2. (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
BETTER (adverb)
1. from a position of superiority or authority
BETTER (verb)
1. surpass in excellence
2. get better
BETTER (noun)
1. someone who bets
2. a superior person having claim to precedence

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

OUTFOX
(6 letters)

More Missing Letter Crossword (2/16/2025) Answers

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19. Measure of heat, briefly

20. NOUN: "the marriage bond"

21. Coffee dispensers

22. Spoken

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27. NOUN: "a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm"

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31. Hitchcock or Lively

32. Courtyard entrances, often

36. Prez on a fiver

37. Chimney descender

39. Take before Judge Judy

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52. Prefix with "present"

53. Org. with lodges

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2. Lots and lots

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4. NOUN: "rapturous delight"

5. Daniel ___ Kim (he voiced Raya's father in "Raya and the Last Dragon")

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10. "Shut ___ trap!" ("Silence!")

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12. Wedding locale

13. Has the power to

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22. Sound made when walking on hot sand

24. Coke container

25. Village People hit

26. Wood used to make tool handles

27. Chesapeake Bay swimmer

28. NOUN: "a long flowing outer garment...used for ceremonial occasions or as a symbol of office or profession"

29. Prefix with cool or hip

32. Whatever number of

33. Without delay

34. Christmas season

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38. Exercise in a studio

41. Goddess of destruction

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43. Tiny

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47. PRONOUN: "used as the object of a verb or preposition to designate a group of people or things"

48. Person who helps bring stuff to your new house

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57. CONJUNCTION: "for fear that"

59. State between Ida. and S. Dak.

60. Trio on some batteries

61. ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to...a lifeless thing"

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