"catch someone at their own game" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: catches someone at their own game [present, singular, third-person], catching someone at their own game [participle, present], caught someone at their own game [participle, past], caught someone at their own game [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|catch<,,caught> someone at their own game}} catch someone at their own game (third-person singular simple present catches someone at their own game, present participle catching someone at their own game, simple past and past participle caught someone at their own game)
  1. Alternative form of beat someone at their own game. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: beat someone at their own game
    Sense id: en-catch_someone_at_their_own_game-en-verb-LHJq-Aly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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