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outwork
[ verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk ]
verb (used with object)
- to work harder, better, or faster than.
- to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish:
a problem to be outworked in after generations.
- Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.
noun
- a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.
outwork
noun
- often plural defences which lie outside main defensive works
- work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned
verb
- to work better, harder, etc, than
- to work out to completion
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Derived Forms
- ˈoutˌworker, noun
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- outworker noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But he was a whirling dervish of energy and could outwork his critics.
The first to mount a breach, to effect a lodgment in an outwork, to enter a newly discovered mine, was sure to perish.
Saint Jean d'Angely, on the Boutonne, was the only remaining outwork, whose capture must precede an attack on the citadel itself.
The boulevard of the Tournelles on the other hand is modern, an outwork formed expressly for the use of cannon.
Beyond this outwork two arches of the bridge were cut and replaced by a movable platform.
Then the troops dashed forward, and forced their way into the outwork.
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