Etymology
Origin of outwalk
Example Sentences
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It suggests that we are clever today in part because a million years ago, we could outrun and outwalk most other mammals over long distances.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2012
The only man who could outwalk his chief was Spruance, chief of staff and Deputy CinCPac.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 64, and back on Luzon, Krueger can outwalk men many years his junior.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Downplay," for example, is jettisoned by Novelist Peter De Vries: "If I heard a speaker use it I would upget and outwalk."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Jeremy declared his belief that Gerty could outwalk them both; and, thus satisfied, Mr. Phillips resumed the broken thread of their discourse, into which Gertrude was drawn almost unawares.
From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.
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