outwork

[verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk]

verb (used with object), out·worked or out·wrought, out·work·ing.

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.

Origin of outwork

1200–50; Middle English: to complete; see out-, work

Related formsout·work·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for outworking

Historical Examples of outworking

This gives it leverage, or focus for the outworking of its forces.
Understanding the Scriptures
Francis McConnell
So is hidden from our eyes the outworking of the century to come.
The Negro and the Nation
George S. Merriam
He is too tremendously wrapped up in the outworking of His plans.
Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
S. D. Gordon
The first outworking of my vision was on a drunken stone mason of our town.
From the Bottom Up
Alexander Irvine
Thus Bill saw the outworking of his devilishly ingenious tactics.
Jan
A. J. Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for outworking

outwork

noun (ˈaʊtˌwɜːk)

(often plural) defences which lie outside main defensive works

work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned

verb (ˌaʊtˈwɜːk) -works, -working, -worked or -wrought (tr)

to work better, harder, etc, than

to work out to completion

Derived Formsoutworker, noun

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