out-Byzantine

Verb

transitive

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

Japanese Meaning

より巧妙な交渉術を用いて相手を上回る / 相手を策略で出し抜く

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

交渉の間、彼女は一連の些細な譲歩を複雑な条項に紛れ込ませることで、相手より巧妙な交渉者であるかのように振る舞った。

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Sense（1）

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

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 […]

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out-Byzantines

（ present singular third-person ）

out-Byzantining

（ participle present ）

out-Byzantined

（ participle past ）

out-Byzantined

（ past ）

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