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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.

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Examples

  • The apprehended attack by Bragg never came, however, for in the race that was then going on between him and Buell on parallel roads, the Army of the Ohio outmarched the Confederates, its advance arriving at Louisville September 25.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Did the Second have in it men who would see that it outmarched the First?

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • If those strong blue columns, or even the blue cavalry, outmarched the Southerners, the only line of escape would be to the north—the direction opposite that of the desired movement to unite with Johnston.28

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Did the Second have in it men who would see that it outmarched the First?

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Harvey Hill had outmarched Jackson that day as if determined to seize the honors of battle from his senior.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Harvey Hill had outmarched Jackson that day as if determined to seize the honors of battle from his senior.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • If those strong blue columns, or even the blue cavalry, outmarched the Southerners, the only line of escape would be to the north—the direction opposite that of the desired movement to unite with Johnston.28

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • No battle, which meant that the French had outmarched Wellington again, that the armies were getting nearer to the city, and that perhaps the time when Sharpe would have to leave Salamanca was getting closer.

    Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

  • Auguste Marmont, son of an ironmaster, had outmanoeuvred the Englishman, outmarched him, and all that had to be done now was to outrun him to Portugal.

    Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

  • Auguste Marmont, son of an ironmaster, had outmanoeuvred the Englishman, outmarched him, and all that had to be done now was to outrun him to Portugal.

    Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

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