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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outwork .
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Examples
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Perhaps it is our complacency, but the truth of the matter is that we are being outworked from the boardroom to the factory floor.
Archive 2005-12-01 JDsg 2005
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Perhaps it is our complacency, but the truth of the matter is that we are being outworked from the boardroom to the factory floor.
Will the Last Person Leaving Detroit Please Turn Off the Light on Their Way Out? JDsg 2005
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Brown ran an emotional campaign tapping into general anger and appears to have outworked Coakley.
Think Progress » Brown’s Victory Wasn’t A Referendum On National Health Reform Legislation 2010
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He outworked free agents and even the guys who all they had was work ethic, he outworked them.
Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith lead NFL's 2010 Hall of Fame class 2010
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Like Mike Huckabee four years ago, Mr. Santorum outworked the rest of the field in Iowa to beat better-known rivals who spent more money than he did.
Challenges Mount for Rick Santorum Patrick O'Connor 2012
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Indians were exhausted, and even outworked the dogs.
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We outworked them in the first, got outworked in the second, and all we had to do was outwork them in the third to start a tough road trip, and they looked like they were already thinking about what's going on in the sun.
Capitals' players-only meeting underscores urgency Gene Wang 2011
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And of course, his story - dirt floor, up through the ranks, self-made guy, outworked everybody, what can I do today to get better?
Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith lead NFL's 2010 Hall of Fame class 2010
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That's what happens when you are outplayed, outclassed, outworked and outdone in every facet of the game.
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In what's rapidly becoming a typical performance for Mr. Humphries, he outran, outmuscled, and outworked both players to finish with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Humphries Gives the Nets a Reason to Smile Alex Raskin 2011
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