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outmarch

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[aut-mahrch] / ˌaʊtˈmɑrtʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to march faster or farther than.


Etymology

Origin of outmarch

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


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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

Was it possible that the enemy, not taking advantage of their victory, was not following the conquered troops, but giving them time to rally, to outmarch them, perhaps time to reach the Spree, perhaps Berlin?

From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman

"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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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 William Charles Henry Wood

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

From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss

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