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outwalk

American  
[out-wawk] / ˌaʊtˈwɔk /

verb (used with object)

  1. to outdo in walking faster or farther than.

  2. to walk beyond.

    to outwalk the lights of the city.


Etymology

Origin of outwalk

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + walk

Example Sentences

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It suggests that we are clever today in part because a million years ago, we could outrun and outwalk most other mammals over long distances.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2012

The wager is the outcome of a jocular remark made by Gray to the effect that he would outwalk any man his age from Banbury to Oxford.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 64, and back on Luzon, Krueger can outwalk men many years his junior.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Sears knows her age better than I do, but she was then in her 40s at least, and could probably outwalk the New Frontiersmen today.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other fact is, that one side of a man always tends to outwalk the other side, so that no person can walk far in a straight line, if he is blindfolded.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown

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