psych someone out

psych someone out
tv. to try to figure out what someone is likely to do.
Don’t try to psych me out. CD The batter tried to psych out the pitcher, but it didn’t work.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • psych someone out — she s trying to psych me out with that demonic stare of hers Syn: intimidate, daunt, browbeat, bully, cow, tyrannize, scare, terrorize, frighten, dishearten, unnerve, subdue; informal bulldoze …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • psych someone out — INTIMIDATE, daunt, browbeat, bully, cow, tyrannize, scare, terrorize, frighten, dishearten, unnerve, subdue; informal bulldoze; N. Amer. informal buffalo. → psych * * * informal intimidate an opponent or rival by appearing confident or aggressive …   Useful english dictionary

  • psych (someone) out — vb to unnerve, outmanoeuvre or over whelm. An Americanism which has spread to other areas, psych out origi nally meant to use psychology to gauge an opponent s weakness …   Contemporary slang

  • psych someone out — intimidate an opponent by appearing very confident. → psych …   English new terms dictionary

  • psych out — ˌpsych ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they psych out he/she/it psychs out present participle psyching out past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • psych — /saɪk / (say suyk) Colloquial –verb (t) 1. to persuade by the application of psychological knowledge and techniques rather than overtly by argument, especially when leading others to perform better in a race, competition, etc.: the coach psyched… …  

  • psych — [sʌɪk] (also psyche) verb 1》 (usu. psych someone up) informal mentally prepare (someone) for something challenging.     ↘(psych someone out) intimidate an opponent by appearing very confident.     ↘[as adjective psyched] excited and full of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • psych — informal psych someone out psych oneself up …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • psych-out — noun Date: 1971 an act or an instance of psyching someone out …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Psych (season 5) — Psych season 5 The DVD cover of the fifth season of Psych Country of origin United States …   Wikipedia

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