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outwalk

American  
[out-wawk] / ˌaʊtˈwɔk /

verb (used with object)

  1. to outdo in walking; walking; walk 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 only man who could outwalk his chief was Spruance, chief of staff and Deputy CinCPac.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

President Kennedy phoned to say: "You can outwalk Bobby and outtalk Hubert."

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 Brown, E. E.