outmarch
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outmarch
Example Sentences
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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
They began to respect the men who could outmarch them and outlive them on the range.
From The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West by Hough, Emerson
"Well, Mr. Bullen," he said, as he came to the spot where Lisle was sitting, with his shoes and stockings off, rubbing his aching feet, "so you could not outmarch the Sikhs?"
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter
"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
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
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