Word family noun play interplay replay player playfulness adjective playful playable verb play outplay replay adverb playfully
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutplayout‧play /aʊtˈpleɪ/ verb [transitive] BEAT/DEFEATto beat an opponent in a game by playing with more skill than they do→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
outplay• But she can only be herself and hope to outplay her doubts.• Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points.• Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale. 