"beat someone at their own game" meaning in English

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  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> someone at their own game"
      },
      "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)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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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"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "play someone at their own game"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "以其人之道，還治其人之身"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "以其人之道"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn",
          "word": "还治其人之身"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "word": "voittaa omassa pelissään"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "word": "battre à son propre jeu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "word": "jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bić własną bronią"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pobić własną bronią"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "word": "vencerlo en su propio juego"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat someone at their own game"
}

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

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