out|gen|er|al

out|gen|er|al
out|gen|er|al «owt JEHN uhr uhl, -JEHN ruhl», transitive verb, -aled, -al|ing or (especially British.) -alled, -al|ling.
to be a better general than; get the better of by superior strategy.

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