"beat someone at their own game" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "beats someone at their own game",
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        "present",
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    {
      "form": "beating someone at their own game",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "beat someone at their own game",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "beaten someone at their own game",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "beat someone at their own game",
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        "colloquial",
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      "form": "play someone at their own game",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them."
      ],
      "id": "en-beat_someone_at_their_own_game-en-verb-s6TnnnAb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "the biter bit"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn the tables"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoist(ed) by one's own petard"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "以其人之道，還治其人之身 /以其人之道"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "还治其人之身"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "voittaa omassa pelissään"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "battre à son propre jeu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bić własną bronią"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pobić własną bronią"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
          "word": "vencerlo en su propio juego"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat someone at their own game"
}

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    {
      "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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        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> someone at their own game"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "the biter bit"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn the tables"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoist(ed) by one's own petard"
    }
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "以其人之道，還治其人之身 /以其人之道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "还治其人之身"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "voittaa omassa pelissään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "battre à son propre jeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bić własną bronią"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pobić własną bronią"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them",
      "word": "vencerlo en su propio juego"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat someone at their own game"
}

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