English Explanatory Dictionary

beat someone at their own game

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.

Word forms

beat someone at their own game beats someone at their own game beating someone at their own game beaten someone at their own game play someone at their own game

Related words

the biter bit turn the tables hoist(ed) by one's own petard
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