Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To walk further, longer, or faster than; leave behind in walking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking.
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- verb To
walk further than another
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now is it not a fact that man can outwalk the dog or horse?
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Lord Fauntleroy, but I can outpack you, outwalk you, put you on your back, or lick you with my fists right now.
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An American explorer described him as "a man of indomitable will, infinite resource, fearless"; another said that he could "outwalk and outhike and outexplore anybody else."
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It is prettier to watch the sailors marching with all the swaying elasticity of their bodies, and yet one receives the impression that, when it comes to the long killing hiking, the soldiers would easily outwalk their comrades of the sea.
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His face got bright red when he was angry or when he was working very hard, and he could outwalk just about everyone in the platoon.
'War' 2010
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I finally outwalk them, and they zip back in the car to the finish line.
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I admit usually it is pedophiles who are angry that I write negative things about them, so that many someones are SO concerned that I will, what hunt them down in an electric chair you can outwalk?
Beth's insecurity day: A postcard upon thee! Elizabeth McClung 2009
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An American explorer described him as "a man of indomitable will, infinite resource, fearless"; another said that he could "outwalk and outhike and outexplore anybody else."
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 2009
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She could outwalk most humans, she reminded herself, not to mention outrun them.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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She could outwalk most humans, she reminded herself, not to mention outrun them.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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