Etymology
Origin of outwalk
Example Sentences
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Maybe he's trying to outwalk me.
From Literature
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“My wife is the fastest walker. She can outwalk everybody, so she blows by people. And you’d better be walking, because yesterday somebody ran and the guards pulled him out. Everybody was passing him. He was a defeated man at that moment.”
From New York Times
In fact, it’s hard to outrun, or outwalk, even a healthy eating plan if you eat more calories than your body burns.
From Washington Post
For those who learned to ski on bunny hills serviced with tow ropes, the carpets are incredibly addictive escalator-like contraptions that grip your skis with a shocking force and propel you up a hill at a pace that someone in ski boots could probably outwalk without breaking a sweat.
From New York Times
Remember when we poked some gentle fun at Hollywood and 'splained that most lava flows are so slow that you can outwalk them?
From Scientific American
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