beat someone at their own game (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: beats someone at their own game
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating someone at their own game
tags: participle
present
form: beat someone at their own game
tags: past
form: beaten someone at their own game
tags: participle
past
form: beat someone at their own game
tags: colloquial
participle
past
form: play someone at their own game
tags: alternative
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