Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. Aus./N.Z.) to outwit, to fool.

1903		J. Furphy Such is Life 93: I was workin’ mates with a raw new-chum feller las’ winter, ringin’ on the Yanko.
1977		D. Powis Signs of Crime 199: Rung it on us, they have They have outwitted us.