beat someone at their own game
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Alternative forms
Verb
beat someone at their own game (third-person singular simple present beats someone at their own game, present participle beating someone at their own game, simple past beat someone at their own game, past participle beaten someone at their own game or (colloquial) beat someone at their own game)
- (figuratively) To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.
Translations
to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them — see also the biter bit, turn the tables
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See also
Further reading
- “beat sb at their own game”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “beat someone at their own game”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “beat play someone at their own game” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “beat someone at their own game” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “to beat someone at their own game”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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