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The phrase 'has been outplayed' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express that someone has been beaten or overshadowed by a stronger opponent. Example: The defending champion has been outplayed by her challenger in the championship match.
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At all three games their team has been outplayed, and all three have been lost.
LSU has been outplayed, yet still leads Texas A&M 14-12 at halftime.
At all three games of this tournament, their team has been outplayed, and all three ended in losses.
At its most basic level, the rise of the padded coat is the inevitable climax of a year when fashion has been outplayed by sportswear and athleisure.
"It seems the finance minister thinks the government still gets to rip over a billion dollars from clean energy and that Labor has been outplayed," Bandt said.
On one channel I watched an anchor running out of words as he breathlessly screamed: "India has been outplayed, outsmarted, erm, hmm... ......
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Stosur, the world No10, admitted that she had been outplayed.
By the final whistle, Man U had been outplayed.
"We've been outplayed this week; that's dead simple," Poulter said.
But Curry, as good as he was, might have been outplayed in Game 3 by Lawson.
Both would hope for his endorsement.Mr Nemtsov, a young reformist, may already have been outplayed.
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