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Today's Idiom = "Beating Him At His Own Game"






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Beating Him At His Own Game ( doing the thing that the other person does well, but doing it better and winning ... )

"Beating Him At His Own Game"



"Beating him at his own game" is when you beat a person in a competition by doing better than him at the thing that he does very well.

Example: "She was the star of our school's tennis team, and I still beat her." Reply: "You beat her at her own game."

Example: "I can't believe you beat me at chess!" Reply: "I beat you at your own game."



Winning in a competition by doing what the other person does well but doing it even better is "beating him at his own game".

Example: "We know that these guys score a lot of goals. But today we are going to score more goals, and beat them at their own game."

Example: "I finally beat you at pool." Reply: "You beat me at my own game."





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