"catches someone at their own game" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} catches someone at their own game
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of catch someone at their own game Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: catch someone at their own game
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