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Meaning of out-Byzantine | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart.

transitive

Examples

“Although Ambassador Korry had admonished the president that “trying to out-Byzantine” the emperor “would be futile and counterproductive” and that Kennedy therefore should “spell out details of the U.S. program and justification from the start,” Washington tried to outsmart HIM […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

out-Byzantined out-Byzantines out-Byzantining out-chorus out-Christian out-Christianed