outmarch

American  

[out-mahrch] / ˌaʊtˈmɑrtʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to march faster or farther than.

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Etymology

Origin of outmarch

First recorded in 1640–50; out- + march ¹

Example Sentences

Sherman was very anxious that his men should outmarch the Easterners; but he led the column, would not turn his head to look.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the meanwhile, there are one or two reasons why I should outmarch Herrero if it can be done.

From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold

One was to outmarch the converging Federals, gain interior lines along the Valley, and defeat them there in detail.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry

Neither army being able to outmarch the other, both drew up masses of pikes in parallel lines.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

"Ay, I am that foolish whyles; but I shall be a sick, weak body, when I can't outmarch the worst of them."

From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston