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outwalk

American  
[aut-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

"He can outwalk either of us," they said.

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

She had been trying to outwalk her thoughts, and failed—the odds were against her.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson

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