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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

"Downplay," for example, is jettisoned by Novelist Peter De Vries: "If I heard a speaker use it I would upget and outwalk."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

While I am too wise to undertake to outwalk, outfish, or outrun you, I will venture to contract to keep you entertained diligently and discreetly during your sojourn with us.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason