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Jimmy Hung
2019-10-01 12:10
Ace out phrase slang
To have good luck.
If I aced out in the national lottery, I would spend that money traveling around.
The police thought he'd come to a dead end in the investigation, but he aced out when he ran into a guy once studying with the suspect.
(Ace out (of something) To luckily and narrowly avoid something or extricate oneself from something.
John heaved a sigh of relief after acing out of death.
The criminal is so lucky. Every time he's about to be caught, something happens that helps him ace out of capture.
(Ace someone out or ace out someone) To defeat, prevail over or outmaneuver someone
I still can't believe that our team aced out the reigning champions. They all thought we never stood a chance!
My team wasted two penalties but still aced them out 2–1.
To trick someone or make use of them in a dishonest way.
They aced me out to buy their useless product.
Dude, you can't ace me out.
To escape from the statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong or evade impeachment without being responsible for any sentence or punishment
To deceive or trick someone
Cheat, exploit someone; intentionally put someone in an unfair or unfavourable situation
Used when somebody doesn't treat a situation seriously, especially in order to cheat somebody else and get what they want
Used to refer to any swindle
The verb "ace" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Meaning 3 dates from the mid 1900s.
Meaning 4 dates from around 1920.
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